Category Archives: Media Release

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Councils should embrace green bonds for net zero future

The Social Market Foundation said there was untapped potential for councils to issue their own green bonds as a means of funding local net zero projects such as installing electric...
Published: 08 July 2021
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EU settlement scheme shows Brexit Britain accepts liberal immigration policies

The Social Market Foundation said that the EU Settled Status scheme – which has seen more than 5 million EU nationals apply for residency rights to permanently stay in the...
Published: 29 June 2021
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Growing need means 77,000 children will need foster care

The Social Market Foundation think-tank calculations are made in a report revealing that many local authorities are failing to fulfil their legal obligations to provide foster care that meets children’s...
Published: 25 June 2021
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G7 tax deal must usher in pro-business agenda – think-tank

The Social Market Foundation said that four decades of a laissez faire attitude to UK enterprise had “failed” and politicians must now double down on recent shifts on corporation tax....
Published: 08 June 2021
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Consumers suffer as pandemic hits competition and boosts big business

The Social Market Foundation said politicians and regulators must make competition a greater priority during the economic recovery, warning that more competitive markets are needed to deliver better deals for...
Published: 10 May 2021
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Advocates’ failure to grasp public concerns over asylum has given Home Office upper hand over reforms

The report from the Social Market Foundation argues that by failing to engage with public suspicions that many asylum claims are false, refugee rights groups have allowed the Government to...
Published: 05 May 2021
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Employee share owners enjoy a £10,000 wealth premium

The Social Market Foundation found that employee share ownership plans can allow workers on low wages to accrue far more in assets than others on similarly low incomes. Less than...
Published: 04 May 2021
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More people would prefer their children to learn a trade than go to university – poll

Polling for the Social Market Foundation and the Further Education Trust for Leadership reveals that voters are more positive about the value of technical and vocational education than about academic...
Published: 22 April 2021
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Hartlepool is ‘apprenticeship capital of England’ – by-election study

The Social Market Foundation said next month’s by-election in Hartlepool should drive politicians of all parties to pay more attention to Further Education (FE) colleges and other providers of technical...
Published: 13 April 2021
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