Commentary & Podcasts

Rising energy prices mean that many people will be cutting back on their gas consumption this winter. In this blog, Jake Shepherd estimates the financial savings households and the Government could make by reducing demand, using energy saving efforts in Germany as a benchmark.

Across the political spectrum, boosting growth is a top priority - but policy uncertainty is a major obstacle to that objective. In this blog, Melville Rodrigues and Aveek Bhattacharya set out how to (re)build stability at the heart of our politics.

What does society owe to young adults? In this blog, Dr Stuart White makes the case for a designing a citizen's inheritance fund to help launch them into adult life.

Ahead of the Chancellor’s fiscal event tomorrow, it’s time to think more coherently about our energy-inefficient homes, and take more care with public money.

Five years ago, Liz Truss spoke at an SMF event on the benefits of competition in a market economy. Scott Corfe looks at how much has changed since then, arguing that "Trussonomics" must focus on making consumer markets more competitive - both to accelerate economic growth and tackle the cost of living crisis.

Around a quarter of the UK's workforce suffers from chronic pain - stay in employment despite the persistence of their pain. In this blog, Linus Pardoe explains why addressing in-pain workers' concerns is key to UK's economic growth - and the very survival of capitalism.