The government’s decision to boost military funding out of international aid felt panicked. But this a watershed moment that ...

Higher defence spending will be offset in the short term by lower spending on overseas aid ...

Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.

This report analyses the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025–26, with chapters on tax strategy, school spending, public ...

Today, the Office for National Statistics published new figures on government revenues, spending and borrowing.

The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is a weekly cash transfer paid to 16- to 19-year-olds from poorer households in full-time non-university-level education. The EMA was first introduced as a ...

After £1.5 billion of in-year top-ups in the current financial year, 2024–25, the plans set out for day-to-day health and social care spending in the Scottish Budget for the coming year, 2025–26, now ...

This chapter of our third annual Budget Report looks at the outlook for the Scottish Government’s finances and its public spending plans and trade-offs. The focus is the coming financial year, 2025–26 ...

In a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies find that while it did increase participation in full-time education, the Education Maintenance ...