Whoever is Chancellor will find it difficult to keep debt on course to fall, and borrowing to fund Labour’s green investment plan would make it harder

The number of pupils with the highest levels of assessed special educational needs has increased by over 60% since 2015.

This report seeks to inform the debate on school funding during the 2024 general election by analysing past trends and likely future pressures.

How might Labour’s proposal to broaden the Apprenticeship Levy into a ‘Growth and Skills’ Levy affect training rates, especially for young people?

This comment analyses the Conservative Party’s plan to increase the number of high-skilled apprenticeships.

What has happened to homeownership since 2010 and how do the trends differ by age and income? We consider the latest data.

Abolishing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund would see poorer parts of the UK lose hundreds of millions in funding – with Cornwall and Wales hardest hit.

Experience tells us that significant waiting time reductions are possible, but the fiscal climate will make it much harder to increase health funding.

Reintroducing a higher pensioner personal allowance would be another example of the Conservatives reversing a recent Conservative Chancellor’s policy.

Elections are about choices, and few are more important than the choices we make over how much to tax and what to spend those tax revenues on.

Should technocratic bodies like the OBR have a greater role in guiding UK fiscal policy? In a new opinion piece, Ben Zaranko argues not.

Everything you wanted to know about UK public investment but were too afraid to ask – including analysis of Labour and Conservative plans.