NAO Report on Local Government Financial Sustainability

This NAO report focuses on Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government as the department responsible for the framework within which local authorities operate, and provides transparency over the current position of local government finances. By examining...

DfE Publishes Lifelong Learning Entitlement Overview

The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is designed to transform the post-18 student finance system to create a single funding system by replacing higher education student finance loans and Advanced Learner Loans. From September 2026, learners will be able to apply...

Did the Education Maintenance Allowance Improve Outcomes?

A recording and summary of an online event from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) presenting findings of a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which shows the effect of the rollout of the EMA in England on both short- and long-run outcomes for...