How will the latest plans for spending in 2024–25 boost the amount that the Scottish Government has to spend next and beyond.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969.

How do changes in UK government revenues over time compare with what has been seen in other advanced countries?

It is now 66 for both men and women. Between April 2026 and March 2028 it will rise to 67.

This week, President Trump was inaugurated for his second term and announced plans to impose significant tariffs on imports. But what exactly are tariffs, and how do they work? In this episode, we ...

This is a response by David Phillips to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquiry in to the Financing of the Scottish Government. David Phillips is an Associate Director at the Institute for Fiscal ...

Private pensions constitute the largest component of household wealth in the UK, and the vast majority of employees are automatically enrolled into workplace pension plans. Drawing on ...

This report examines ethnic differences in pension participation in the UK following the nationwide roll-out of automatic enrolment, the drivers of those gaps, and the consequences for wealth ...

Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions has substantially increased the share of employees saving in a workplace pension plan and has reduced gaps in pension participation by age and earnings.

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...