At the Budget there may be temptation to reach for more efficiency savings, but the priority should be the ambitious plans ...

UK government borrowing costs are high, but recent rises reflect global factors and the attention of the bond markets is ...

At his first Budget, the Chancellor faces an uncertain outlook for the economy, and added pressures on public spending from higher inflation.

HM Treasury is covering losses as the Bank of England unwinds QE. Recent economic and policy changes affect the scale of losses in the near term.

Everyone who would have paid inheritance tax under the current system would benefit from the tax cut. The biggest ...

New IFS analysis sets out potential savings from triple lock reform.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a major and welcome change to the triple lock, which will come into effect in ...

Growth in every postcode. For all of these, the devil will be in the detail. Turning a vision into actionable policy. That’s ...

Why is electricity so expensive? We explore the role of renewables, the costs of decarbonisation and the future of Britain's ...

The government has announced a major change to the state pension triple lock. The new system will continue to protect pensions against inflation and guarantee increases of at least 2.5%, but changes ...

This paper examines tax non-compliance among individuals in Germany who were legally required to file a tax return but failed to do so.

This paper examines how the quality of government spending changes at the end of the fiscal year, using administrative data from financing programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises in South ...