Research Briefing
The Office for Budget Responsibility
This briefing investigates who the Office for Budget Responsibility are and what they do.
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Research Briefing
The Barnett formula and fiscal devolution
This briefing looks at how the Barnett formula works and includes a brief summary of the debate surrounding the formula.
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Research Briefing
Local government finances
Local authorities in England spent £113.5 billion in 2022/23. This briefing looks at the funding that local authorities receive from central government, and where and how they spend it.
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Research Briefing
The welfare cap
Since 2014 the UK government has had a cap on welfare spending. Here we explain how the cap is set and assessed. We also look at how the cap has changed.
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Research Briefing
Student support for undergraduates across the UK
This briefing outlines the student finance available to undergraduate higher education students in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It also covers recent policy debates about the student support system in each nation.
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Data dashboards
Local authority data: finances
Browse details on both funding and spending of local authorities in England.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2024: Reaction
This page provides links to analysis of the 2024 Spring Budget from selected think tanks, business groups, political parties and other organisations.
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Research Briefing
Potholes and local road maintenance funding
This briefing brings together various sources of local pothole and road maintenance funding. It can be used to find local funding allocation datasets.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2024: A summary
A summary of the announcements in the 2024 Spring Budget and an overview of the latest economic forecasts.
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Research Briefing
Revised Government spending plans for 2023/24
Votes to approve the Supplementary Estimates for 2023/24 will take place in March 2024. These will cover the Government's revised spending plans for this year.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2024: Background briefing
Ahead of the 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March, this briefing looks at the UK’s economic situation, economic forecasts and the public finances.
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Debate Pack
Motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2024/25
Motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2024/25 on Wednesday 7 February 2024. This is how Parliament approves the central police funding allocation for each force every financial year.
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Research Briefing
Local Government Finance Settlement 2024/25
This Settlement allocates £64.7 billion of spending power to local authorities in England. It will be debated in the House of Commons on 7 February 2024.
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Research Briefing
Local audit and accountability in England
This paper explains the local government accountability framework in England, local audit procedures and delays in the early 2020s, and the Office for Local Government (OFLOG).
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Research Briefing
Public sector pay
This Briefing Paper discusses public sector pay policy including the one year pay freeze in 2020/21, the lifting of the pay freeze and subsequent pay awards in 2023. It also looks at past public sector pay policy and trends in public sector pay.
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