The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Oil and gas make Scotland’s underlying public finances particularly volatile and uncertain Comment A fallback in oil and gas prices has hit Scotland’s underlying public finance position this year. 27 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely Comment Day-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24. 4 March 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25: IFS analysis Event 22 February 2024 at 10:00 via YouTube and Slido Ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the proposals.
Scottish Budget 2024–25 Collection Read all our analysis of the Scottish Budget for 2024–25. 22 February 2024
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2024–25 Report This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024–25 financial year and beyond. 22 February 2024
Scottish Budget 2024-25: IFS analysis Presentation Ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the proposals. 22 February 2024
Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale Comment More funding to top up the Scottish Government’s 2024–25 spending plans is likely to become available – but just how much is highly uncertain. 22 February 2024
Student finance calculator - Scotland Calculator This calculator produces rough estimates of the costs and distributional consequences of reforms to the higher education funding system in Scotland. 20 February 2024
Scottish Budget: Higher education spending Report How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding and living cost support? 20 February 2024
Scottish Budget: Healthcare spending, staffing and activity Report The COVID-19 pandemic is having long-lasting impacts on NHS hospital activity, productivity and performance in Scotland, despite higher funding. 9 February 2024
Scottish Budget: The medium-term outlook and choices Report Devolved income tax revenues are forecast to boost the Scottish Government’s funding over the next five years, but many services could still see cuts. 6 February 2024
How to fix our irrational income tax system Podcast How are income taxes structured, how has this changed, where are there problems with the system and what should the next government be looking to fix? 25 January 2024
Scottish Budget – further analysis of the Scottish Government’s spending decisions Comment We look at the Budget for 2024–25 and the latest spending and funding figures for the current financial year. 20 December 2023
Initial IFS response to the Scottish Budget Comment Our initial response to the Scottish Government’s budget for next year. 19 December 2023
Scottish universities and students are under pressure – and so is the Scottish budget Comment The Scottish Government is boosting support for students’ living costs, but funding for teaching, down 19% since 2013–14, is likely to fall further. 14 December 2023
Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education Report We examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023. 16 November 2023
School and neighbourhood segregation in Scotland and England Report We document the patterns of neighbourhood and secondary school segregation across England and Scotland 10 October 2023
Schools and segregation: a comparison of Scotland and England Comment We study how the different ways pupils are assigned to schools in England and Scotland relate to income segregation in schools and neighbourhoods. 10 October 2023
The outlook for government and council funding Presentation This presentation to Scottish voluntary organisations looks at the funding outlook and issues facing the Scottish Government and councils. 5 October 2023
Scottish council tax proposals are a small step in the right direction but duck the biggest issue: revaluation Comment Proposed reforms to council tax in Scotland would further reduce regressivity but should go further, and the issue of revaluation is ducked yet again. 11 September 2023
