The government has today published a policy statement outlining its plans for local government funding in England.

The Autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected?

Measuring how assortative matching differs between two economies is difficult, we show how the use of different measures can ...

Changes in funding up to the Autumn Budget Revision (ABR), published on 2 October (before the UK Government’s Autumn Budget) ...

Foregoing a degree for an apprenticeship, saving during Covid and being born and bred in the capital have helped. With ...

Falls in funding for home students, a decline in international enrolments and higher labour costs put Scottish university ...

We show that the redistribution of natural resource tax revenues to non-extractive municipalities stimulates economic ...

In the recent budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £40 billion tax increase, pushing tax as a share of national income to an all time UK high. Just 6% of that came from an increase in ...

As well as setting spending plans, next month’s Scottish Budget will also set the rates and bands of Scotland’s devolved taxes for 2025–26. Moreover, alongside the Budget, the Scottish Government has ...

The new government says housing market failures are one of the UK’s biggest barriers to growth. What part does tax have to play in this? How does tax affect the availability and affordability of ...