Category Archives: Media Release

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Only 1% of primary teachers think their students have adequate financial skills

In a report out today, with a foreword from former education secretary David Blunkett, the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – sets out a roadmap towards effectively...
Published: 15 April 2024
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New Towns can help solve the UK housing crisis, says up and coming Labour politician, Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis, who is standing for election in Milton Keynes North, says that his party should build more places like his constituency and home town in a new essay for...
Published: 07 April 2024
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Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market, analysis shows

In an international study published today, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) argues that England is an international outlier in terms of the insecurity of its tenants. Compared to similar countries,...
Published: 03 April 2024
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Scrap universal energy subsidies for pensioners to pay for more progressive Warm Homes Discount, think tank argues

In a paper out today, the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – lays out urgent improvements to the Warm Homes Discount (WHD) scheme to ensure it is...
Published: 03 April 2024
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Food security is as vital as energy security, says Labour rising star Andrew Pakes in call for new national food plan

Andrew Pakes, Labour and Co-operative parliamentary candidate for Peterborough, argues in a new essay for the Social Market Foundation think tank that the next government should set more ambitious food...
Published: 20 March 2024
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GDPR reforms leave people vulnerable to exploitation and privacy invasion unless Lords make urgent changes, top lawyers warn

In a paper published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, two of the UK’s leading data rights lawyers – Ravi Naik and Alex Lawrence-Archer – have warned that...
Published: 19 March 2024
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UK should consider ‘housing sin taxes’, inspired by Australia and Canada

In a report out today, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Social Market Foundation finds that other English-speaking countries make far greater use of such taxes than the UK. Canada,...
Published: 19 March 2024
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UK has highest housing costs in the English-speaking world

In a report out today, launching a unique cross-national comparative study funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) compares headline outcomes in the UK, with Australia, Canada,...
Published: 12 March 2024
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1 in 5 people have been a victim of fraud in the last couple of years, international survey finds

The findings will be presented at the Global Fraud Summit 2024, a meeting hosted by the UK Government, bringing policymakers and officials from around the world to London to tackle...
Published: 12 March 2024
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