This paper examines the flow of funds for social security, health, education and housing services in the UK. It looks at the changing routes by which tax and other revenues fund such services; allocation of these funds, in particular the implications of the growth of decentralisation and...

This article summarizes the analysis and recommendations of the UK Pensions Commission, which reported in November 2005. The UK faces similar demographic challenges to other nations from increasing longevity and past fertility declines. However, in the face of them, both state and private...