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The Social Market Foundation responds to the King’s Speech
The Social Market Foundation’s response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech follows below.
Published: | 17 July 2024 |
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The Social Market Foundation’s preview of the King’s Speech 2024
What should we expect from Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech?
Published: | 12 July 2024 |
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The Social Market Foundation responds to the Green Party manifesto
The Social Market Foundation’s response is as follows.
Published: | 12 June 2024 |
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Scrap universal energy subsidies for pensioners to pay for more progressive Warm Homes Discount, think tank argues
In a paper out today, the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – lays out urgent improvements to the Warm Homes Discount (WHD) scheme to ensure it is...
Published: | 03 April 2024 |
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New ONS figures show slow and stalling progress on greening homes
New data published by the Office for National Statistics demonstrates England’s slow progress on decarbonising home heating and improving homes’ energy efficiency, with the country going backwards on some measures,...
Published: | 01 November 2023 |
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‘Sunak’s delays to heat pump rollout will cost households thousands’
The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has warned Rishi Sunak’s rollback of key net zero initiatives will be bad news for British manufacturers, the development of...
Published: | 19 October 2023 |
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Government urged to end postcode lottery in social tariffs
The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has recommended that companies providing essentials are made to offer social tariffs to vulnerable customers in a consistent manner in...
Published: | 28 September 2023 |
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Cost-of-living: Nearly 3 in 10 find essentials difficult to afford, despite most shopping around
The SMF said the research showed the limits of the “Martin Lewis effect”, where shoppers use better consumer information to get better deals. This interim report explores the case for...
Published: | 17 August 2023 |
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900,000 families on heat networks at risk of impending energy crisis
1 in 25 houses are part of a heat network, getting energy from a single source shared with several other buildings. Such arrangements are particularly common in social housing, where...
Published: | 23 May 2023 |
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