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George Osborne should use the Budget to bring forward the unidentified £15bn of austerity measures that have to be made in the next parliament, and spend the extra £50bn this would save over four years to stimulate the economy and cut unemployment through investing in infrastructure, a think tank has said today.

Parents should be able to access financial support of up to £10,000 from the Government to pay for childcare which they would then pay back as monthly contributions made through the tax system, a think tank has said today (Wednesday 8 February).

Rt Hon Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, has today given a speech to the Social Market Foundation outlining his plans for reforming executive pay.

The Director of the Social Market Foundation, Ian Mulheirn, talks about the foundation's latest paper, 'Osborne's Choice: combining fiscal credibility and growth'.

The Social Market Foundation said austerity measures projected for 2016-17 should be brought forward and the money ploughed into infrastructure.

Deficit reduction or growth? Everyone wants both, but which should come first? We should first ask: what can be done to boost the economy without borrowing more money? The answer shows that strengthening deficit-cutting credibility and stimulating growth can go hand in hand.

Our networks – including our nationality, class and family – are critical in the formation of our character. This is because our actions are heavily determined by the unconscious, which is shaped by social context.

Ian Mulheirn writes for the journal of the Centre for Markets and Public Organisation.

Allow childminders to deliver early years free entitlement even if they aren't a member of an approved network, writes Ryan Shorthouse, researcher for the Social Market Foundation.