The next few years are going to be very tight for school budgets and forecasting anything more than a real-terms freeze is ...

New childcare entitlements have proven popular – meaning spending from 2026 onwards could be £1 billion higher than ...

Which public services are the relative winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ multi-year 2025 Spending Review?

Spending Review 2025 will set detailed departmental budgets for most of this parliament. We examine the key choices facing ...

The income threshold below which pensioners will be eligible for the winter fuel payment (WFP) is set to rise.

Rachel Reeves is to allocate between competing priorities with her spending review, and a 2.5 per cent rise for health could ...

The UK state pension system faces significant challenges given the country’s ageing population, but it is crucial for ...

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

We consider recent trends in health and social care productivity and the scope for future improvements.