Category Archives: Media Release

Press & Media

SMF response to Budget 2017

Responding to the Budget, SMF research director Nigel Keohane said: “Since the financial crash, we’ve become accustomed to budgets dictating the tone and shape of political debate for months ahead....
Published: 08 March 2017
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SMF and the UPP Foundation to investigate continuation rates in higher education in London

While figures suggest an improvement in the overall proportion of first degree entrants who choose to remain in HE after one year – falling towards 5% in the best performing...
Published: 27 February 2017
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Understanding Happiness: Victorians were “happier” than we are now

Researchers at CAGE at the University of Warwick chose to begin in 1776, the date of the American Declaration of Independence, one of the most famous of all historical documents...
Published: 23 January 2017
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New report calls for introduction of long-term NHS spending target

A new report released by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) calls on the Government to introduce a long-term spending target for the NHS in England in order to set healthcare funding on a more sustainable trajectory and to reduce the annual calls demanding a one-off surge in expenditure.
Published: 08 December 2016
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New polling reveals ‘trust gap’ between British workers and employers

Exclusive new polling from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and Grant Thornton, conducted by Populus, reveals the extent of the ‘trust gap’ between British workers and their employers.
Published: 29 November 2016
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SMF response to 2016 Autumn Statement

The Social Market Foundation's response to the 2016 Autumn Statement
Published: 23 November 2016
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Self-employed workers may be getting worst of both worlds

New report finds self-employed are more likely to work unpaid overtime and less likely to receive training than employees – yet many lack autonomy at work.
Published: 17 November 2016
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MPs call on government and Ofsted to do more to boost parental engagement in their children’s education

The Social Market Foundation’s (SMF) cross-party Commission on Inequality in Education has called on the government and Ofsted to consider how they can help schools and other educational institutions to engage parents with their child’s learning.
Published: 10 November 2016
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Conservative MP calls for UK sovereign wealth fund

Former minister urges short-term and longer-term spending on infrastructure post-Brexit in new paper.
Published: 07 November 2016
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