Public finance data out today show that borrowing overshot the official forecast made at last month's Spring Statement by £15 ...

On April 15, 1975, Denis Healey, the Labour chancellor, presented his budget. An economic crisis was upon us. Inflation was ...

In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain.

Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than ...

In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain.

We are pleased to announce the 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference, taking place in London, UK, on ...

The government spent around £1.1 trillion, or 40.6% of national income, on our behalf in 2023-24. This was composed of different categories of spending - e.g. health, education, and benefit spending - ...

This week, we’re looking at corporation tax, which was introduced 60 years ago. Across the decades there have been no shortage of predictions that corporate tax revenues will decline, and yet the tax ...

Total public spending in the UK stood at £1.1 trillion, or 40.6% of GDP, in 2023–24. Within this total, there are large regional differences in how much money the government spends, and in what it ...