‘Stories not spreadsheets’ – What we can learn from Darren Jones’ spending review comments
The media is currently full of speculation on the contents of the spending review, alongside pleas from different public sector stakeholder groups for more cash. So this week I wanted to write a blog that referenced the spending review while tying to the data-backed insights we can provide here at Polimapper. I went in search […]
Record number of families and children using Tax-Free Childcare

A record number of families and children are now using Tax-Free Childcare, new figures show. According to the latest data from HMRC, approximately 580k families were using Tax-Free Childcare for 709k children as of the 31st of March 2025. Polimapper’s visualisation shows that the South East saw the highest number of families and children utilising […]