Government finances and spending

This Commentary looks at two asset-based welfare policies and asks how they might work and what rationale lies behind them.

The demand for certain types of health care services depends on decisions of both the individual and the health care provider.

Election briefing note 5 (2001)

Election 2001: Business taxes under Labour

This Briefing Note looks at the current government's record on public spending, borrowing and taxation.

Election 2001: This Briefing Note looks in detail at public spending.

This Election Briefing Note looks at the planned levels of borrowing for the three main parties.

Over the past 20 years the incidence of relative poverty among Britain's children has tripled.

The private health care sector forms a relatively small part of the system of health care in this country, but its importance has grown in recent decades.

This short paper starts by describing the two fiscal rules and then looks at the latest set of HM Treasury forecasts, which suggest that these rules will indeed be met. We then go on to discuss the level of uncertainty that is implicit in any public finance forecasts.

This paper examines the history of the Labout government elected in 1974, using it as a test-case for various 'New Right' economic and political theories that suggest that government expansion eventually hits structural limits.

This evaluation focuses on the four models of EMA that were introduced into the

In this report, the Committee considers the issue of tax equity between the employed and self-employed. This complex topic raises many questions, one of which relates to the way in which the tax system classifies workers. Do changing work patterns indicate the need for a new approach to classification for tax purposes? Is the case law that currently governs the area sufficiently robust and clear, especially in the light of the new burden placed upon it by the so-called IR35 legislation on personal service companies? What is the relation between classification of workers for taxation and their classification in other areas of law, particularly employment law? These are some of the issues addressed in this paper.

Allocation of Resources to English Areas, Individual and Small Area Determinants of Morbidity and Use of Healthcare Resources

This commentary discusses the rationale for directing financial support to families with children and assesses options for a new integrated child credit.

How does pharmaceutical marketing influence doctors prescribing behaviour?