Tag Archives: Pensions

The findings will be presented at the Global Fraud Summit 2024, a meeting hosted by the UK Government, bringing policymakers and officials from around the world to London to tackle...

Considering the Budget overall, SMF Director Aveek Bhattacharya said: “Today’s Budget was a relatively low key affair, with the notable exception of the national insurance cut. If anything, it demonstrated...

In a paper published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, Michael Johnson – one of Britain’s leading authorities on pensions policy – sets out a plan for introducing...

The Social Market Foundation think-tank said that gaps in knowledge and understanding of pensions and savings leave many people at risk of making inadequate preparation for retirement or spending pension...

Former minister urges short-term and longer-term spending on infrastructure post-Brexit in new paper.

A cautious Budget from a ‘Tinkerman’ Chancellor

A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF), released on Tuesday, reveals the changing nature of inheritance in the UK and how patterns of financial and non-financial support across generations of families have evolved as we live longer.

April’s “pension freedom” reforms pose serious long-term financial risks to retirees and taxpayers, concludes a new SMF report that highlights the experience of pensioners in countries which already allow similar access to pension cash.

A new Social Market Foundation report entitled Should switch, don’t switch: Overcoming consumer inertia, supported by comparethemarket.com, launches at the Conservative party conference on Monday.