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

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

At an online webinar the following day, Thursday 29th October, IFS Director Helen Miller will give her response and IFS researchers will present their overnight analysis of the economic and fiscal ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Funding further increases in defence spending would require hard choices, both at this Budget and in the years ahead.

Five principles for business energy support: set clear aims, keep price signals, target support, account for differences, and ...

Across LMICs more children are entering pre-primary school than ever before, but fewer than half are developmentally on track ...

War in the Middle East means that inflation in coming years will be higher than was expected in the spring. That has contributed to rising bond yields, which in turn increase government borrowing.

UK government borrowing costs are near multi-decade highs and have risen sharply since March, making the upcoming Budget much more challenging. The UK is not an outlier since this most recent rise has ...