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Institute for Fiscal Studies

December 28, 2020

English councils’ core funding per resident to be lower next year than in 2015-16

An announced increase in council funding is reliant on rising Council Tax, and still amounts to a real-terms cut when population growth is taken into account, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
October 8, 2020

Research finds socioeconomic inequalities in use of English NHS outpatient care emerged after 2010

Before 2010, there were no statistically significant differences across education groups.
September 25, 2020

Schools in poor areas in England badly placed to deal with Covid-19 challenges

Schools serving more deprived pupils in England have seen the largest falls in spending per pupil over the last decade.
August 4, 2020

Geographic income inequality falling in England, but wealth inequalities rising, says IFS

Mean property and financial wealth in London and the South East grew 150 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively, in the decade up to 2018. In contrast, it increased by just three per cent in the North East of England.
July 8, 2020

IFS warns that pandemic puts several universities at risk of insolvency

In general, institutions with a large share of international students and those with substantial pension obligations will face the biggest falls in income or increases in costs.
July 4, 2020

Pandemic threatens career prospects of young workers

Over the last decade, young people starting out in the labour market have increasingly been working in relatively low-paid occupations, many of which are in sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
June 26, 2020

COVID-19 hit as households were still paying price for last crisis

The COVID-19 crisis hit after the weakest decade of growth in incomes since comparable records began. Years of stalled productivity and poor earnings growth, and deep cuts to working-age benefits had been a further drag on the living standards of many lower-income households.
June 18, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 crisis on England 'will be diffuse and hard to manage'

A new report says different areas of England will be affected by the virus in a unique way, which means the impact on health, jobs and families will evolve differently within each area
April 27, 2020

Key workers’ hourly wages 8% lower on average than other employees

Compared to similar workers in non-key occupations, the average key worker earns around nine per cent less per hour.
April 9, 2020

Better-off households may increase savings as spending on activities falls in lockdown

Poorer households spend more of their budgets on essentials which makes it harder for them to cope with reductions in their incomes, says the IFS.