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The Social Market Foundation’s response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech follows below.

What should we expect from Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech?

The Social Market Foundation’s response is as follows.

The figures come from a first-of-its-kind model (see notes) for tracking transport poverty, developed by the Social Market Foundation. The SMF’s metric found that out of a total of 13...

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...

A cautious Budget from a ‘Tinkerman’ Chancellor

A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think-tank calls for radical reforms to Britain’s rail franchises - including far-reaching plans to fine them to the value of all unclaimed compensation payments, a measure which could generate up to £1 billion in fines over the course of a Parliament.

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.