Tag Archives: Pensions

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.

A new report, published today by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and Big Society Capital, calls for the introduction of social pension funds in the UK to help finance projects such as social housing, rehabilitation initiatives, and environmental schemes.

The SMF respond to Budget 2015 by saying that while Osborne's Budget didn’t contain the expected pre-election giveaways, it was most certainly aimed at the voting public.