The Social Market Foundation is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank, standing proudly in the centre-ground of politics since 1989. We bring together people of all parties and none to develop evidence-based policies that support a fair society and a strong economy.
Publication
Carefully, compassionately: Canadian lessons on assisted dying
Objectors to assisted dying policy often cite Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme to exemplify the danger of doing so, including concerns about due process and eligibility. The following briefing is designed to evaluate where Canada has gone wrong, why it should not deter policymakers in Britain, and how we learn from Canadian mistakes to ensure assisted dying can be safe.
| Published: | 11 November 2024 |
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| Author: | Gideon Salutin |
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A capital idea? A change of approach to helping small firms to increase their investment
SMEs will have a key role in closing the UK’s investment gap with other economies. However, to ensure that SMEs can make such a contribution a more strategic policy approach towards SME investment is needed – one that goes beyond the focus on corporation tax rate and more generous capital allowances.
| Published: | 23 October 2024 |
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| Author: | Richard Hyde |
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Taking responsibility: How the government can improve enforcement of farmed animal welfare laws
Most Britons eat meat, but consumers increasingly care about where it comes from. In this report, we set out to understand how farmed animal welfare standards are enforced, and how that enforcement can best be improved.
| Published: | 21 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, John Asthana Gibson |
EVENT
Clearing the backlog: How AI could transform the public sector and save centuries of time. In conversation with Peter Kyle
At this event, ServiceNow will launch a new Social Market Foundation report on AI and automation in government.
27 Nov 2024
08:15 - 10:00
08:15 - 10:00
27
Nov
2024
08:15 - 10:00
Media Release
Social Market Foundation responds to rise in tuition fees and maintenance loans
Social Market Foundation responds to rise in tuition fees and maintenance loans
| Published: | 04 November 2024 |
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Media Release
Social Market Foundation responds to Autumn Budget 2024
The Social Market Foundation's response to the Autumn Budget 2024 follows below:
| Published: | 30 October 2024 |
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Media Release
‘End self-regulation of farming to reduce animal suffering’, think tank says
Only 2.3% of animal welfare breaches are prosecuted, despite a third of official farm inspections uncovering non-compliance.
| Published: | 21 October 2024 |
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Time to revive community banking in the UK
In this blog, Baroness Susan Kramer calls for a revival of community banking in the UK, noting that that compared to most rival economies we are missing a fundamental stratum of banking and that lack undermines our capacity for both local and national growth.
The solution to the government’s employment target will come from an unlikely source
The Labour government is proposing to increase Britain’s employment rate to 80% – the highest in the G7. This is a monumental feat, and it will have to attract not only the unemployed, but also 'the lost workforce' - and reintegrating them into the economy is far from simple.
We need mandatory sharing of real estate energy consumption data in the UK
The UK's built environment is responsible for 25% of UK emissions. To achieve the new COP29 emission target, argues SMF Trustee Melville Rodrigues, government will have to legislate for better energy consumption data-sharing.