Category Archives: Media Release

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Pay GPs more to tackle male obesity crisis, think-tank says

The Social Market Foundation said that new weight management services in traditionally male settings such as pubs, football clubs and barber shops should be used to encourage more men to...
Published: 23 November 2021
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‘Economy is weaker because ethnic minority businesses lack support’ – think-tank warns

The Social Market Foundation said that ethnic minority-owned businesses (EMBs) are often more innovative than average, and could help to reverse the economic decline of deprived areas and “level up”...
Published: 23 November 2021
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“Forgetting to call the plumber puts Net Zero at risk” – think-tank

The Social Market Foundation said that the Government strategy aimed at decarbonising home heating does not give plumbers and other workers enough incentive to get training to install the heat...
Published: 18 November 2021
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GPs must be pushed to work in poorest areas and ‘level up’ health – think-tank

The Social Market Foundation has published plans for family doctors to face new restrictions on where they can practice, to address severe shortages of GPs in the poorest parts of...
Published: 08 November 2021
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Crumbling legal system will cost Britain money and influence – think-tank report finds

The Social Market Foundation said that delays in settling cases in over-burdened courts and a lack of laws specifically governing new markets and technologies could dissuade companies and investors from...
Published: 03 November 2021
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SMF responds to Budget and CSR 2021

On the overall economic outlook and economic policy choices, SMF Research Director, Scott Corfe, said:  “Showing a continued departure from the economic doctrine of much of the past decade, the...
Published: 27 October 2021
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‘People power’ over planning could help fix housing crisis – think-tank

The report argues that the current system creates ‘gridlock’ because it gives too much power to planning authorities, and offers too little opportunity for neighbours  to find ‘win-win’ solutions that...
Published: 24 October 2021
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Public dislike of ‘unfair’ fuel duty opens the door to road-pricing – think-tank

The Social Market Foundation think-tank found that voters are now more likely to support road pricing than oppose it.  The SMF and Opinium carried out polling and focus groups to...
Published: 15 October 2021
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Raab must end women’s unnecessary suffering in the criminal justice system

Dominic Raab, the new justice secretary, should make a national priority of reforming a criminal justice system that frequently fails abused and vulnerable women, a think-tank says today. The Social...
Published: 23 September 2021
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