Category Archives: Media Release

Holders of the most prestigious apprenticeships might be addressed as “master craftsman” or “master craftswoman” in the same way that people who complete a PhD are entitled to be called...

The Social Market Foundation said that new rules are needed to fix a broken and uncompetitive market for new-build housing where builders can prioritise profits over customers and leaves buyers...

The Social Market Foundation (SMF) welcomes the tough line taken by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on the proposed merger of Asda and Sainsbury’s. As SMF research last year...

Facebook data could help to address weaknesses in official immigration figures that mean the foreign-born population in many local areas is at risk of being badly miscalculated, a think-tank report...

Telecoms customers should be able to cancel contracts with a single click online, ending “subscription traps” that saddle households with high prices and poor service, a think-tank has said. Telecoms...

The Social Market Foundation said the levy – which could be paid immediately or deferred until death – was the only fair way to raise enough money to properly fund...

British families depend on £53bn of intergenerational support just to get by Almost a quarter (24%) of UK adults have received financial support from family members in the last year, according...

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Jill Manthorpe, Professor of Social Work and Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at Kings College London, discussed the key...

The Social Market Foundation (SMF) accused politicians of ignoring the “silent crisis” in care services that condemns tens of thousands of children to poor care followed by social and economic...