We are pleased to announce the 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference, taking place in London, UK, on ...

On April 15, 1975, Denis Healey, the Labour chancellor, presented his budget. An economic crisis was upon us. Inflation was ...

Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record ...

In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain.

In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain.

Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than using average income.

The government spent around £1.1 trillion, or 40.6% of national income, on our behalf in 2023-24. This was composed of different categories of spending - e.g. health, education, and benefit spending - ...

If you measure living standards by looking at how much people spend on goods and services (excluding housing-related expenditures and adjusting for household size) you get a starkly different picture ...

Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than using average income.