Category Archives: Media Release

Baroness Stowell of Beeston, the former Leader of the House of Lords, said that the gaps between graduates and non-graduates are now the most important division in Britain today, threatening...

The long-term trend towards people having fewer children could leave the UK with fewer workers, a weaker economy and unsustainable public finances, according to the Social Market Foundation. Scotland faces...

Northern local authority areas take half the slots in the Top 20 places with the greatest opportunity to gain from the shift to a low-carbon economy, the Social Market Foundation...

The Social Market Foundation paper says that encouraging the consumption of “alternative proteins” that do not come from animals would be politically easier for ministers than taxing traditional meats. Raising...

The Social Market Foundation said the energy regulator Ofgem should create a clear and simple ratings system for energy deals that are marketed as green. New rules on “green” products...

The Social Market Foundation said that the twin pressures of an increasing number of children requiring foster care and a failure to recruit enough carers meant an urgent drive was...

The Social Market Foundation think-tank found that 76% of London businesses think that at least some of their employees have direct experience of poverty. In an SMF survey of 500...

“Politicians face a difficult truth: there is no easy way to fund a social care system which has suffered from decades of neglect, with too many people facing the prospect...

The Social Market Foundation (SMF) think-tank’s calculations, based on the Labour Force Survey, reveal that three-quarters (73%) of workers would get to work less under the 32 hour work week...