2021 annual report on education spending in England
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at the reduction of national income the UK devotes to public spending on education. The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history, including a 9% real-terms fall in school spending per pupil and a...
School spending in England
This report from UK think tank the IFS looks at trends over time and future outlook of school spending in England. Following large increases over the 2000s, school spending per pupil in England fell in real terms from about 2010 onwards. The present government sought to reverse this picture in 2019 by providing a three-year...
Further education and sixth form spending in England
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at the long-term growth in the numbers of young people pursuing education after age 16 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire education sector has faced a period of unprecedented challenge in seeking to provide remote lessons and support to students....
The health impacts of Sure Start
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at long-lasting health benefits of Sure Start. New IFS research finds that one of England’s biggest early years programmes delivered long-lasting health benefits for children through their teenage years. Taken together, the savings from reduced hospitalisations up to age 15 offset around 31%...
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2021
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at how household incomes were changing in the UK up to the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report examines how household incomes were changing in the UK up to the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how other measures of household living...