We discuss how inheritance tax actually changed in the budget, who will be affected and whether it was a good idea.

Scotland’s income tax rises have likely increased tax avoidance and migration – but the size of the effects is uncertain.

Young people at risk of getting involved in violence are those in most of need of therapeutic support, but most unlikely to receive it. The Your Choice programme aims to shift how such therapeutic ...

Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects ...

Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely ...

We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales.

We find that an increased likelihood of Medicaid eligibility reduces marriage rates, particularly among people with higher ...

Increases in taxes and borrowing are not costless and the spending plans after 2025-26 are unlikely to survive contact with ...

After a post-pandemic fall-off, NHS hospital productivity has increased over the last year, with hospital activity growing ...

Following a bulge in claims, recent figures suggest new disability benefits may not pose as big a cost to the Scottish Budget ...

Tax and spending will increase by a huge 5% of national income this decade, but most of that increase occurred under the last ...

We respond to government plans to increase the cap on tuition fees for England-domiciled undergraduate students.