Do work search requirements work? Evidence from a UK reform targeting single parents

IFS assess whether work search requirements for out-of-work welfare claimants are effective in inducing individuals [...]

Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) increases

Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed [...]

Completing the move to Universal Credit: Learning from the Discovery Phase

Universal Credit (UC) has streamlined and simplified the benefits system by combining six “legacy”[footnote 1] [...]

Bereavement benefits extended to unmarried cohabiting parents

Cohabiting parents with dependent children who need support following the death of their partner can [...]

Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2022 (experimental)

Quarterly release of statistics on Benefit Sanctions and includes data up to October 2022. [...]

Income inequality in the UK

This briefing paper looks at trends in income inequality in the UK over the last [...]

£842 million available to help families in need

Councils to be allocated money to directly help those most in need with essential food [...]

The NHS budget and how it has changed

Funding for health services in England comes from the Department for Health and Social Care’s [...]

Suicide statistics

A summary of statistics on suicide in the UK. Includes trends by gender, age, English [...]

Gridlocked health and care system risks the safety and quality of patient care

Ambulances and hospitals are under huge pressure – in October 2022, hospital waiting lists hit [...]