The size of the fiscal gap is uncertain but could plausibly be in the region of £20 to £30 billion – and this is before the ...

Given continued fiscal pressures, the chancellor will have to raise taxes in the autumn budget. Attention is on Britain’s ...

We were joined by senior politicians, including first minister John Swinney and the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar, ...

The autumn budget is the government’s chance to respond with attention-grabbing policies, showing it will be fighting on side ...

Founded on progressive values, the centre will develop thinking on how the UK can navigate today’s rapidly changing global ...

In July and August 2025, Gordon Brown, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) ...

It is possible to make the case for progressive increases in income tax while in government. You can win the argument, and the world won’t come to an end. In Scotland, income tax has gone up, and the ...

The stakes for a government are rarely higher than at a budget. Every chancellor has dealt with this differently. Ken Clarke would draft his budget speech with cigars and whisky, Gordon Brown pored ...

Families face SEND vicious cycle as EHCPs are seen as the only means of securing support Children left waiting as less than half of EHCPs issued within 20-week legal limit, with thousands waiting over ...

A quarter of employees feel pressure to drink at workplace events, rising to 38 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds Workplace drinking culture driving absences as 31 per cent of workers call in sick in ...