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The Social Market Foundation’s response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech follows below.

What should we expect from Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech?

The AI assurance market – expected to be worth $276 billion globally by 2030 – is ripe for UK companies to capture, but government will have to address key barriers to get companies investing.

The drive for economic growth could confront a Labour government with choices between competition and industrial aims, says competition watchdog’s former strategy director.

A new report shows that the public sector could save £300m that is lost through restrictive software rules.

Recent restrictions to international students coming to the UK haven’t addressed universities’ dependence on them for core funding, and risk worsening outcomes for all students, think tank says.

On the overall manifesto, SMF Director Theo Bertram said: “The Ming vase manifesto: change but with caution; great determination, little detail. There are no fireworks, no surprises, no great adventure...

The Social Market Foundation’s response is as follows.

The Social Market Foundation’s response is as follows. On the overall manifesto, SMF Director Theo Bertram said: “This is a manifesto without credibility or identity, focused on the next three...