Tag Archives: Transport

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5 million people driven into poverty by transport costs

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...
Published: 15 November 2023
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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 response to Budget 2016

A cautious Budget from a ‘Tinkerman’ Chancellor
Published: 16 March 2016
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PRESS RELEASE: New report calls for radical reform of rail franchises

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.
Published: 27 January 2016
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PRESS RELEASE: Government should back a new ‘Active Consumer Week’

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.
Published: 03 October 2015
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PRESS RELEASE: SMF Budget 2015 reaction

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.
Published: 18 March 2015
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SMF Budget response

Creative accounting, inflating the housing market, a new squeeze on welfare
Published: 20 March 2013
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Appalling growth figures mean Government must reopen spending review to boost the economy

Today’s UK growth figures mean that the Government should urgently reopen the spending review to enable it to adopt an immediate funded stimulus, according to the Social Market Foundation think tank.
Published: 25 July 2012
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