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Revealed: Cutting fuel duty helps the rich, not White Van Man

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...
Published: 12 March 2023
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‘Fuel duty freeze is a reckless waste of public money’

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...
Published: 08 February 2023
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SMF responds to mini-Budget 2022

On the energy bill relief package – Amy Norman, Senior Researcher at the Social Market Foundation, said: “The Energy Price Guarantee is both necessary and welcome support for households facing...
Published: 23 September 2022
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‘Letting accused avoid court without a guilty plea would improve justice for BAME Britons’

Making out of court disposals – including cautions, fines, treatment programmes and curfews – available without a guilty plea would make the criminal justice system work better for Black, Asian...
Published: 15 December 2021
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Crumbling legal system will cost Britain money and influence – think-tank report finds

The Social Market Foundation said that delays in settling cases in over-burdened courts and a lack of laws specifically governing new markets and technologies could dissuade companies and investors from...
Published: 03 November 2021
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Tom Tugendhat MP speech to the SMF

Community Conservatism, Tom Tugendhat’s speech to the Social Market Foundation This is the text of the speech as it was written, not as it was delivered.  For the delivered version, see...
Published: 08 November 2018
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Report urges government to consider radical new sickness and disability insurance scheme

A new report from the Social Market Foundation think tank calls on the Government to launch a major public consultation to design a radical new system of social insurance that provides all firms and employees access to expert advice and support when an employee experiences the onset of a serious health condition or disability.
Published: 20 October 2016
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Think Tank calls for greater accountability and transparency on NHS patient outcomes

New report urges Government to establish Office for Patient Outcomes
Published: 05 April 2016
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SMF response to Budget 2016

A cautious Budget from a ‘Tinkerman’ Chancellor
Published: 16 March 2016
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