The Conservatives’ plan to save £36 billion per year from working-age benefits would, if realised, represent a significant ...

Why has the UK’s NEET rate risen since the pandemic? What are the key questions for evaluating the Milburn Review?

IFS researchers provide a response to the new economic forecast and major policy announcements contained in the 2026 Budget.

The government’s fiscal devolution roadmap has arrived. We still don’t know exactly how much income tax revenue England’s ...

The fiscal devolution roadmap sets out plans to share income tax with England’s mayors – but some details need rethinking.

Are sugar taxes working? We examine government efforts to improve diets and how weight-loss drugs could change the debate.

We evaluate a flagship violence-reduction intervention in London, known as Your Choice, that targets adolescents at risk of ...

Our findings are based on rigorous analysis, detailed empirical evidence and in-depth institutional knowledge.

What has the Autumn Budget changed for households, public services and the public finances? Helen Miller is joined by IFS economists Jonathan Cribb and Max Warner to unpack the announcements and the ...

There have been many studies of the impact of higher education (HE) on the wages and earnings of graduates. However, for working women, the variation in wages only explains 30% of the variance in net ...

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Under the current higher education funding system in England, the government pays around £22 billion to fund the education of each cohort of around 490,000 England-domiciled full-time undergraduate ...