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Extensions to soft drinks sugar levy will have 'tiny effects' on sugar intake

By Liz Wells 25 March 2026

Government plans to expand the scope of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy - extending it to soft drinks with 4.5–5 g of sugar per 100 ml and pre-packaged milk-based drinks with added sugar - will bring...

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scottish Budget and Spending Review signal 'big shifts' in health spending

By Liz Wells 06 February 2026

The Scottish Budget relies on ambitious efficiency savings to shift health spending, new analysis reveals.

IFS

Government likely to miss 18-week target, says IFS

By Lee Peart 19 March 2025

The Government is ‘unlikely’ to meet its key end of Parliament target of 92% people waiting less than 18 weeks for NHS treatment, new analysis has found.

IFS

Worsening mental health driving health-related benefits, says IFS

By Lee Peart 12 March 2025

Mental health has worsened since the pandemic and is a key driver of higher health related benefit claims, according to an IFS report funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and The Health Foundat...

IFS

Public sector pay up by 5% in Scotland since 2019

By Liz Wells 18 February 2025

Scottish Government and councils have agreed pay rises for staff in the NHS, schools and other parts of the devolved public sector over the past few years that are bigger than those awarded elsewhe...

IFS

NHS hospital productivity starting to rebound, IFS finds

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

NHS hospital productivity in England has begun to improve, according to new analysis by The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

CONSERVATIVES

Poorer regions would lose millions if Shared Prosperity Fund axed, IFS warns

By Lee Peart 29 May 2024

Poorer parts of the country would lose hundred millions of pounds of funding if the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is scrapped to pay for a new National Service, the IFS has warned.