The online launch of 2026 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Shortages of less qualified nursing assistants have no impact on patient mortality. Greater levels of hospital-specific experience among nurses reduces mortality. The most affected patients are those ...

Short-staffed and less experienced nursing teams deliver worse outcomes in NHS hospitals – with some patient groups ...

The government has confirmed a 16% cash increase in overall council funding over 3 years – and a big redistribution between ...

With domestic-currency debt, a confidence crisis need not cause default, as monetary financing can shift default risk into ...

The results show that supermarket openings have no meaningful effect on care home staffing. In the first year after opening, ...

In this paper, we study the impact of supermarket and warehouse openings on the labour supply of care workers in England.

We study whether in practice the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) creates disincentives to work.

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...

The Wales Public Services 2025 Programme is investigating the long-term financial, demographic and demand pressures confronting public services in Wales and possible responses. Hosted by Cardiff ...

One of the biggest issues highlighted in last week’s Budget was Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) spending in England. For the first time, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) ...