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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.

Creative accounting, inflating the housing market, a new squeeze on welfare

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.

George Osborne should use the Budget to bring forward the unidentified £15bn of austerity measures that have to be made in the next parliament, and spend the extra £50bn this would save over four years to stimulate the economy and cut unemployment through

Today’s Autumn Statement by the Chancellor saw a slew of policy announcements, from tax credit cuts to a national infrastructure plan. The SMF responds to the announcements.

Leader of the Opposition Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP has today delivered a speech to the Social Market Foundation to launch the SMF's latest publications, Markets in a State.

The Government’s plans to encourage 10,000 first-time buyers onto the housing ladder announced in the budget have been branded ill-advised and dangerous by leading think thank the Social Market Foundation today.