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SMF responds to Spring Budget 2024

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...
Published: 06 March 2024
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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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