Rachel Reeves gives herself so little room for manoeuvre that she creates costly uncertainty when the choice is obvious: ...

Mitigating the two-child limit policy would be an effective way to reduce child poverty, but designing an effective policy is ...

The government’s decision to boost military funding out of international aid felt panicked. But this a watershed moment that ...

The aim of the bill, as stated on the House of Commons Library website, is to “improve the safeguarding of children and to ...

The supplement contains a set of 27 papers and an editorial summary on five key themes of inequality, from 74 authors from ...

We find that most households save more for medical expenses than for bequests but that richer households and couples save ...

Ben Zaranko, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies said: "If the UK needs to spend more on defence on a structural and permanent basis, that is not something that can be sustainably ...

Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting ...

This evidence should prompt us to look beyond simple financial incentives for classroom attendance.

A new IFS report released today, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Health Foundation, finds a range of evidence that mental health has worsened since the pandemic. This is consistent ...

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...