The size of the fiscal gap is uncertain but could plausibly be in the region of £20 to £30 billion – and this is before the ...

Given continued fiscal pressures, the chancellor will have to raise taxes in the autumn budget. Attention is on Britain’s ...

We were joined by senior politicians, including first minister John Swinney and the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar, ...

The autumn budget is the government’s chance to respond with attention-grabbing policies, showing it will be fighting on side ...

Founded on progressive values, the centre will develop thinking on how the UK can navigate today’s rapidly changing global ...

In July and August 2025, Gordon Brown, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) ...

Families face SEND vicious cycle as EHCPs are seen as the only means of securing support Children left waiting as less than half of EHCPs issued within 20-week legal limit, with thousands waiting over ...

A quarter of employees feel pressure to drink at workplace events, rising to 38 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds Workplace drinking culture driving absences as 31 per cent of workers call in sick in ...

Bank of England quantitative easing losses are costing taxpayers £22 billion every year Commercial banks’ share prices have doubled since the inflation crisis – fuelled by taxpayer-funded windfalls ...

The Bank of England increased its interest rates over recent years, aimed at reducing inflation. But this has also had an unintended effect on the Bank of England’s massive government bond buying – ...

A key priority for the government’s upcoming child poverty strategy should be to remove the two-child limit and scrap the household benefit cap. These measures would cost around £3 billion and, while ...

The far-right capitalised on Southport’s disrepair to sow disorder, says new paper published by IPPR Closure of pubs, piers and parks are pushing people into isolation, more time spent online, and ...