The Latest Breaking News from IFS

The cost-of-living crisis and new staffing costs have been pushing schools in England into financial trouble. So school leaders were relieved to hear of an increase to their budget in the government’s autumn statement, delivered on November 17.

IFS warns UK economy damaged by series of own goals, including Liz Truss’s mini-Budget

The IFS said abolishing non-doms would be worth around £3bn a year to the economy – roughly the same amount that will be added to next year’s NHS budget

Respected thinktanks say Jeremy Hunt’s policies will shock Middle England, with higher taxes here to stay

New warning that burden unlikely to return to pre-Covid level ‘any time in coming decades’

UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement

After the Autumn Statement, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said he would be 'most surprised' if the tax burden returns to pre-Covid average 'at any time in the coming decades'

‘Clear evidence’ of discrimination in terms of salary and careers despite academic progress, IFS study finds

Report foresees funding for childcare places in England falling by 8% over next three years

Experts the IFS said extending a freeze on Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds to 2028 would be a huge windfall - and leave families with 'lower living standards'

Young people no longer able to rely on hard work to improve their living standards as they age, says IFS