Tag Archives: Personal finances

Research from the Social Market Foundation shows that the public largely thinks that business is falling short on its social responsibilities and putting profits ahead of purpose. Yet people have...

1 in 25 houses are part of a heat network, getting energy from a single source shared with several other buildings. Such arrangements are particularly common in social housing, where...

The SMF has been championing reform to gambling laws and regulations, including: affordability checks like a “soft” threshold per month set on net deposits to help financially vulnerable households, and...

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...

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...

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...

The Social Market Foundation calculated that 4.5 million households who face spending more than 10% of their income (after housing costs) on energy bills will miss out on help if...

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...

Britons suffer far more card frauds than people in any European country. UK losses from card fraud are also much higher. This is revealed in SMF analysis of European Central...