This chapter of our second annual Budget Report looks at Scottish tax policy and revenue, the overall amount of funding available for Scottish public services, and planned spending on different individual services in the coming financial year, 2024-25. In several important respects, the Scottish...

Health spending, and the performance of the NHS, will feature prominently in the upcoming general election campaign. Many different factors matter for NHS performance and for the wider health of the population, but one important factor is the level of spending on health services. In this IFS...

The current generation of pensioners has, in general, been better served by the UK's mix of state and private pension provision than earlier generations were. Pensioners today have disposable incomes - once you take account of housing costs and children - that on average are similar to those...

The challenging fiscal situation facing the next government means that both Labour and the Conservatives are looking for ways to improve public services without large increases in spending. Improving the productivity of public services is often proposed as a way to achieve this. This follows the...

Tanulmányunk a jelzáloghitelek nemteljesítésével és a fedezet energiahatékonysági minősítésével foglalkozó szakirodalomhoz kíván hozzájárulni. A zöldjelzáloghitelek kockázati különbségei szakpolitikai szempontból rendkívül fontosak, különösen a hagyományosan...

Despite the evolution of purchasing operations over many years, a comprehensive perspective is lacking in practice, leading to inefficiencies. this study aims to validate a model designed to guide how to balance the purchasing environment. it comprehensively delineates the general pattern (a...