Category Archives: News

This site is a little more than a simple refresh of our online appearance. It also reflects a clearer set of themes and priorities for our work. The broad categories...

Specifically, the Government has indicated that a review would make recommendations on the following: Loot boxes; Prize and stake limits; The misuse of credit card payments (this has now been...

At the 2019 party conferences, the SMF held fringe events on a range of topics, including: pensions and auto-enrolment, the future of further education, and the role of energy companies in reducing emissions. follow this link to watch the events and read the blogs

Business Secretary, Greg Clark, makes a speech about competition rules and the need for change to prevent potential new forms of consumer harm. I was reflecting on competition, probably as...

Speech by Rt. Hon David Gauke MP, Secretary of State for Justice, calling for an evidence-led approach to sentencing to tackle reoffending. It’s great to be here and can I...

Speech delivered on 8 May, 2020 On 21 February, the CMA submitted far-reaching proposals to the Business Secretary to reform competition law and policy. These reforms respond – in a small...

This is the text of the speech as it was written, not as it was delivered.  For the delivered version, see this video. Thank you, James for that introduction. And...

Community Conservatism, Tom Tugendhat’s speech to the Social Market Foundation This is the text of the speech as it was written, not as it was delivered.  For the delivered version, see...

Download as PDF Let me take you back to the times of the Emperor Diocletian in the Roman Empire, around the end of the third century AD. Diocletian brought in...