Category Archives: Media Release

The Social Market Foundation think-tank said that business should “return the favour” of huge Government support packages by signing up to clear new standards of behaviour. Several big companies have...

Yesterday, March 18th, in response to COVID-19, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that schools in England would close from Friday to all children except those of “key workers” and vulnerable...

The Social Market Foundation said that most GP surgeries are unable to offer the video consultation that NHS chiefs say are vital to the Covid-19 response.  NHS England has told...

National Insurance rates should be cut for employers hiring older jobseekers, a think-tank has suggested.  The Social Market Foundation said that ever-longer working lives make it more important to help...

The Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think-tank, called for a major new Government campaign to encourage firms to spread ownership among workers via employee share schemes. More than two-thirds of...

In a new report, the cross-party think-tank said that politicians should use new technology to find ways to make previously-unpopular policies such as road-pricing more acceptable to voters.  Tackling climate...

The next government will need to consider “radical” changes to arrest a long-term decline in bus use, according to Professor Mike Waterson of the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the...

The Social Market Foundation said that “assisted voluntary return” (AVR) was the best way to deal with what it forecasts will be a rising number of unauthorised migrants in the...

The figures were calculated by the Social Market Foundation think-tank, which said its findings showed that low-income graduates face significant disadvantages even when they achieve educational success. The think-tank analysed...