Tag Archives: Welfare

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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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The Social Market Foundation appoints Theo Bertram as new Director

Theo Bertram said: “I’m delighted to join the SMF as its new Director. Over 35 years, the SMF has established a reputation at the centre of British politics as independent,...
Published: 27 February 2024
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‘Immigration at 1 million a year could become normal for UK’

The post-pandemic immigration rate of 1.1 million arrivals a year could be the start of a trend towards historically high migration levels in the coming decades, according to the Social...
Published: 19 December 2022
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The missing middle: 7.2 million face energy bills crisis without help

Three million British households face years of spending more than 10% of their income (after housing costs) on heat and light if energy bills remain at £3,000, according to a...
Published: 30 November 2022
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SMF responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcements on 17 October 2022

On the economic outlook, James Kirkup, Director of the Social Market Foundation said: “Cancelling the borrowing-fueled stimulus of the mini-budget should ease some of the pressure on the Bank of...
Published: 17 October 2022
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‘Take fiscal policy away from ministers to restore credibility’

A new Fiscal Policy Committee should set an overall budget for the government, determining how big a surplus or deficit it can run, much as the Monetary Policy Committee sets...
Published: 16 October 2022
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Banks should compete over help with financial wellbeing

The Social Market Foundation said that new “consumer duty” rules being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority should drive financial services firms to improve the way they offer support to...
Published: 15 February 2022
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Companies ignore poverty despite ESG promises, new research shows

The Social Market Foundation think-tank found that FTSE-100 companies are 64 times more likely to address environmental issues than to discuss poverty in their statements about Environmental, Social and Governance...
Published: 23 January 2022
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Wealthy pensioners face £30,000 one-off charge to fund social care

The Social Market Foundation said the levy – which could be paid immediately or deferred until death – was the only fair way to raise enough money to properly fund...
Published: 20 September 2018
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