Tag Archives: household

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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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The missing middle: 7.2 million face energy bills crisis without help

Three million British households face years of spending more than 10% of their income (after housing costs) on heat and light if energy bills remain at £3,000, according to a...
Published: 30 November 2022
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10 million in ‘missing middle’ face bills crisis as Treasury cuts energy support 

The Social Market Foundation calculated that 4.5 million households who face spending more than 10% of their income (after housing costs) on energy bills will miss out on help if...
Published: 16 November 2022
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Sunak’s £650 cash payments welcomed by think-tank that first proposed new policy

At the start of the year, SMF Chief Economist, Dr Aveek Bhattacharya published a piece arguing that direct cash transfers were the best way to help households to deal with...
Published: 26 May 2022
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