English hospital services are in a relatively poor state - yet still look substantially better on many measures than those in ...

Are pensioners now better off than working-age people? We examine the data on income, wealth, housing and the future of ...

David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at the IFS, said: ‘Plans to significantly cut Scottish income ...

Building on reforms in the 2016–21 parliament, the Scottish Government has continued to make its devolved tax and benefit system more progressive over the last five years. Income tax has been ...

Today’s new personal independence payment statistics show the number of new awards fell in 2025, but remains above ...

This comment analyses the government’s new youth employment package, which expands youth wage subsidies and introduces ...

We identify challenges and develop policy proposals for the UK private pension system, which is increasingly reliant on ...

We find evidence that the passage of “DNA laws” streamlining access to forensic DNA technology was a watershed in the ...

Conflict in the Middle East has pushed up energy prices. We examine how this compares to past shocks and the government's ...

The UC review should consider the way that universal credit interacts with council tax support (a separate means of support ...