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Public Spending


The amount the Government brings in and spends matters for both the size of the state and the spending envelope within which policy can be made. Our work considers trends in public spending, and what these mean for the size and shape of the state.

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James Smith

James Smith

Research Director
T: 0203 372 2956
E: james.smith@resolutionfoundation.org

Felicia Odamtten

Economist
T: 0203 372 2916
E: felicia.odamtten@resolutionfoundation.org
Events

Third time lucky

Has the Spending review delivered for middle Britain?

The Government’s fiscal events have had a shaky start so far. The Autumn Budget unveiled £41 billion of tax rises by 2029-30, while the Spring Statement was dominated by controversial…
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Publications

Capital gains

Public investment priorities for the 2025 Spending Review

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This report assesses the UK’s public investment challenges ahead of the 2025 Spending Review, highlighting legacy weaknesses in social infrastructure spending and setting out how targeted investment can boost growth…
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Events

How to spend £100 billion wisely

Which areas of public investment should be prioritised at the Spending Review?

The UK’s record on public investment is poor by international standards – spending less than the OECD average for much of the past two decades. To her credit, the Chancellor…
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At your service?

Why the 2025 Spending Review must reckon with the distribution of public service use

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Post-Covid, the British state is estimated to have reached a historic high of 45 per cent of the size of the economy. Past strategies to cope with increasing pressure on…
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Making public services better for low-to-middle income families

Despite the cuts announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, spending on public services is set to be on average £43 billion higher over the years of the upcoming Spending Review,…
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Comment

They’ve only just begun…

Government fires the starting gun on a Spending Review that must plot a path to prosperity

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Rachel Reeves certainly isn’t the first Chancellor to turn to financiers for line-by-line scrutiny of public expenditure, as she is reported to be doing, as she fires the starting gun…
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Publications

More, more, more

Putting the Autumn Budget 2024 decisions on tax, spending and borrowing into context

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This has been the most anticipated Budget of modern times. It had to wrestle with profound – and sometimes conflicting – challenges: fixing the strained public services; repairing failing public…
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Under strain

Investigating trends in working-age disability and incapacity benefits

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The benefits bill is frequently the subject of intense political debate. But since the pandemic, working-age health-related benefits have moved centre-stage in these discussions, as policy makers aim to understand…
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