Tag Archives: Welfare

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.

Reverse auction schemes – where suppliers bid for consumer’s business – would spark fresh competition in consumer markets and help those on low incomes achieve better value for money, says a new report by think tank the Social Market Foundation (SMF).

The mid-life income squeeze faced by households aged between 35-44 leads almost half (48%) of those who stop saving into a pension do so because of cash flow troubles according to exclusive polling in a new report from leading think tank the Social Market Foundation.

In the lead up to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, SMF's new briefing reveals the scale of the deficit waiting for the next Government with entirely new numbers.

A new report, 'Riders on the Storm: Britain’s middle income households since 2007', launched by the Social Market Foundation on Monday 7th April, suggests that the squeeze on living standards is being exaggerated.

The Social Market Foundation's response to the 2014 Budget statement.

This Social Market Foundation pre-Autumn Statement briefing looks at the Chancellor's plan to target a surplus on the current structural budget and explores alternatives to cuts from 2017/18.

We tend to think of the ‘bank of mum and dad’ as being about better-off families helping their children through university or with the cost of a wedding. This is certainly widespread. But a report launched today by the Social Market Foundation reveals it is a prevalent and often forgotten source of support among low income families too.

The ‘bank of mum and dad’ is a crucial source of welfare for people on low incomes and those not able to access it are at greater risk of isolation and poverty, the Social Market Foundation reveals today.