Tag Archives: Personal finances

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,...

With the UK preparing to host a global AI summit later this week, the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – says that policymakers need to implement a...

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...

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...

Research from the Social Market Foundation shows that the public largely thinks that business is falling short on its social responsibilities and putting profits ahead of purpose. Yet people have...

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...

The SMF has been championing reform to gambling laws and regulations, including: affordability checks like a “soft” threshold per month set on net deposits to help financially vulnerable households, and...

Someone earning around £29,000 a year will get only half the benefit of a Budget fuel duty cut as someone on £86,000, the Social Market Foundation said, adding that many...

The Social Market Foundation said that a rumoured freeze in the rate of fuel duty would mean a loss of £27bn over five years to the Treasury, undermining politicians’ claims...