With the public finances in need of repair, this note discusses some of the key questions all the parties will have to grapple with.

The tables in this paper present a description of the distribution of wealth amongst those aged 50 and over in England in 2002/3, with the analysis split by a series of different factors.

This Briefing Note aims to document the course of average living standards, and those of particular subgroups in society, during the previous three UK recessions.

This Briefing Note discusses how much scope there is to raise revenue from the very rich by increasing income tax rates and assesses in detail the amount of revenue that is likely to be raised by the government's proposed reforms.

The outlook for the public finances appears significantly weaker than the Treasury predicted in the November 2008 Pre-Budget Report (PBR). This Briefing Note sets out illustrative projections for the outlook for government borrowing and debt over the next few years.

This Briefing Note provides a description of how the UK tax system treats the return to saving.

This Briefing Note examines what proportion of families have pre-tax private incomes exceeding net support from the state.

This Briefing Note gives details of the changes to taxes, benefits and tax credits directly affecting households, and the total distributional impact of measures announced in PBR 2008.

This note looks at a couple of key indicators of the health of the public finances in historical and international perspective to assess whether the public finances are stronger or weaker now than they were at the outset of the last recession in 1990 and when Labour came to power in 1997.

This note assesses the impact of recent tax and benefit changes on the public finances and the economy.