On 13 December a hearing will commence at the High Court in London challenging the decision of the Government in its 2003 White Paper, The Future of Air Transport, to support the development of a second runway at Stansted.

We outline and comment on the public finances in the Pre-Budget Report.

Lorraine Dearden, Director of the Centre for Early Years and Education Research at IFS, comments on the main proposals.

A new IFS Briefing Note concludes that evaluations of support schemes for innovation and technology transfer should consider the case for simplifying the mix of schemes in operation, as well as assessing the extent to which government support is reaching first-time innovators.

Earlier this year the TLRC responded to the consultation by the Inland Revenue and HM Treasury on corporation tax reform including aligning the corporate tax system more closely with accounts.

New research, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, examines the success of the Government's "Make Work Pay" agenda, which seeks to improve financial incentives to work, and to reduce poverty amongst working families, mainly through changes to tax credits.

To contribute to the government's thinking in the run-up to the Budget the IFS today publishes new research assessing the operation of the Government's Code for Fiscal Stability since its introduction in 1998.

A report published by the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) looks at trends in ‘offshoring’ of business services and its impact on the UK economy.

The Liberal Democrats have announced that for those aged 75 or over they would introduce a Citizen's Pension that is more generous than the existing contributory Basic State Pension.

The Conservative party today announced new plans for funding Higher Education (HE). The plan is to abolish all university tuition fees, and to make up for the lost fee income by removing subsidies on student loans, instead allowing banks to charge graduates a market rate of interest.