The Crown Court case backlog has doubled since 2019 and continues to grow. We explore whether falling productivity is part of ...

Expanded access to free school meals will benefit 1.7 million children in the long run, but existing transitional protections ...

The Spending Review on 11 June will be the first multi-year Spending Review since 2021, and the first to happen outside of a pandemic since 2015. It could prove to be one of the most significant ...

Updated forecasts for tax revenues and benefit spending imply a more challenging funding outlook for the Scottish Government.

This report explores options for incorporating administrative records on graduate earnings into the OfS’ regulation of higher ...

The total wealth of Britain’s households in 2018 to 2020 was approximately £2.2 trillion less than was previously believed – a 14% reduction. That, at least, is the implication of a recent change in ...

At just under £8 billion, spending on schools and childcare is the second-largest area of public service spending in Scotland, behind spending on health. While councils rather than the Scottish ...

The justice system is an important part of how the government upholds the law and maintains public order, making it a significant area of responsibility. In England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice ...

The government has published the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025–26, setting out funding allocations for English councils next year. This confirms an important shift in grant ...

The Budget announced a range of changes to inheritance tax, curtailing reliefs for agricultural and business assets, bringing pensions into the scope of inheritance tax and freezing tax-free ...

Rachel Reeves made a number of big choices in her first Budget. She chose to increase borrowing in order to increase investment spending – or at least to stop it falling as a fraction of national ...