Taxes and benefits

We set out the facts on UK inequality, from income and wealth to opportunity, health and place.

Why UK electricity prices are so high, how renewables affect costs, and what government can do to protect households from shocks.

The delay announced today will have a one-off cost to the exchequer of about £200 million

Who would be most affected by the government’s planned reform to the NICs treatment of salary sacrifice pensions and would it improve the tax system?

Council tax support's chequered history reveals the fundamental trade-offs of devolving benefits to local authorities.

All parties’ plans would add to the fiscal challenges facing the next Scottish Government – albeit to very different extents

Drawing on the IFS Deaton Review of inequalities, this report sets out a policy toolkit and applications to education, jobs, geography and wealth.

While their visions differ, all parties’ plans would add to the fiscal challenges facing the next Welsh Government – albeit to very different extents

The government has decided to abolish Carbon Price Support. This is a welcome development in the taxation of carbon emissions.

A manifesto pledging a bigger welfare state with or without independence, but which fails to properly confront the fiscal implications of its plans

A look at Welsh funding, tax powers, public services and the hard fiscal trade-offs facing whoever forms the next government.

A manifesto with big tax and bigger spending increases – and a mixed bag of tax reforms.

A focus on improving existing services rather than new entitlements or tax cuts

A manifesto with more support for families with children, but important question marks over how to fund its giveaways.

A plan for big tax cuts that is costed on paper, but which may not survive contact with reality.

Scotland has more funding and more powers, but the next Holyrood government still faces tough choices on tax, spending and public services.

A manifesto with a vision for a bigger state but no detail on how to pay for it.