Category Archives: Media Release
Press & Media
New report warns lack of clarity on National Living Wage rate could put business investment at risk
A new report released today by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think-tank, in partnership with Adecco Group UK & Ireland, warns that employers need greater clarity on the future of the Government’s National Living Wage (NLW) if they are to invest in measures to improve productivity and offset the cost of the new rate.
| Published: | 01 April 2016 |
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Press & Media
Government set to miss higher education access targets
New research from the Social Market Foundation think tank finds that the government is on course to miss its targets of widening participation in higher education – and has found significant differences between institutions’ intake of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
| Published: | 23 March 2016 |
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PRESS RELEASE: 1.7 million low paid workers not covered by new National Living Wage because they are self-employed
New research released today by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think-tank warns that 1.73 million workers will continue to be paid below the National Living Wage (NLW) when it comes into force in April 2016 because it does not cover the self-employed. By 2020, the NLW is expected to rise further, resulting in the number of self-employed workers paid below the new rate rising to 1.88 million.
| Published: | 21 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
Compassion, not cuts, must continue to come first for new Secretary of State
New Work & Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb must stand up for social justice against short-term Treasury cuts
| Published: | 19 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
Budget 2016: OBR gloom means hard fiscal decisions are kicked into the long grass
The last time the Chancellor got up to make his speech about the public finances back in November, the OBR had published a friendly forecast. Revised calculations meant the Chancellor...
| Published: | 17 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
SMF response to Budget 2016
A cautious Budget from a ‘Tinkerman’ Chancellor
| Published: | 16 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
PRESS RELEASE: New report urges end to sanctions in disability benefit system
A new report released today by the Social Market Foundation think-tank warns that, while effective for some, the threat of sanctions can do more harm than good and has not improved employment outcomes for disabled people.
| Published: | 11 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
Rachel Reeves MP speech to the Social Market Foundation
Rachel Reeves MP speech to the Social Market Foundation (London, Monday 7 March 2016) entitled 'Budget 2016: Opportunities and risks for the UK economy'
| Published: | 07 March 2016 |
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Press & Media
PRESS RELEASE: New report finds 1.8 million more 25-34 year-olds locked out of the housing market since 2001
A new report from the Social Market Foundation has found that almost two million more young people have been locked out of the housing market since 2001 – and argues that property crowdfunding offers a way to help more people onto the housing ladder, while also providing much needed investment in housebuilding.
| Published: | 22 February 2016 |
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