Category Archives: Media Release

In its ‘New Plan for Immigration’ the Government has re-stated its desire to continue prioritising the resettling of refugees. However, it also issues concern that those refugees struggle to find...

Analysis by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) shows that black graduates end up with notably worse economic outcomes than white classmates who entered university with similar qualifications and backgrounds. The...

The sectors’ concerns are revealed in a new Social Market Foundation report on the relationship between higher education (HE) and further education (FE), which predicts tension and conflict unless ministers...

John Glen, the City Minister, said that the UK must have an open market economy where businesses recognise their “obligations to society.” Glen makes the comments in a collection of...

The Social Market Foundation studied the economic impact of the gambling industry and concluded that – despite its size and rapid growth – less money spent on gambling would deliver...

Polling research by the Social Market Foundation think-tank found that voters from lower socio-economic groups are significantly less likely than better off voters to be willing to pay for new...

On the overall economic outlook, SMF Research Director, Scott Corfe, said:  “Today’s economic forecast highlights the success of the Government’s emergency measures in keeping people in work and businesses afloat – a peak...

The Social Market Foundation analysed official data and found that of the 770,000 at risk of repossession, a quarter (26%) worked in retail or manufacturing, sectors badly hit by the...

It calculated that almost half of all people in poverty are either disabled or live with someone who is disabled, using data provided by the Social Metrics Commission. There are...