2024/25 childcare funding rates offer real-terms protection for the early years budget, with a boost to the funding top-up ...

English councils’ core spending power set to increase 3.8% in real-terms next year, but increases will vary hugely across the country.

We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, ...

France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms.

The government’s recent ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper restated their ambitious target to get 80% of 16-64-year-olds into ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...

In UK data, I document the prevalence of misbeliefs regarding the State Pension eligibility age (SPA) and these misbeliefs predictivity of retirement.

The persuasion rate is a key parameter for measuring the causal effect of a directional message on influencing the ...

This IFS Pensions Review report sets out issues with the current means-tested benefit system for those approaching the state pension age and beyond.

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Carl is Deputy Director of the IFS, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an editor of the annual IFS Green Budget and a Director of the Pensions Review. His research includes issues around the ...