This report studies the long-run effect of the Education Maintenance Allowance on educational attainment, earnings and crime.

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

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

How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

Funding and spending growth are set to slow. Without a top-up, health spending will be flat in 2025–26 and tricky trade-offs ...

By 2040, the number of pupils in Scotland is projected to be 90,000 lower than in 2024. Policymakers face a major choice over ...

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

We borrowed and spent more than other countries to respond to the pandemic and the sharp rise in energy prices two years ...

Rory is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario and a Research Associate at IFS. He was previously a PhD Scholar at the IFS. His fields of interest are Public ...