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‘Labour must straddle the education divide to achieve victory’

In a paper published today by the Social Market Foundation (a cross-party think tank), leading political scientist Professor Rob Ford presents new analysis of Britain’s education divide and what it...
Published: 26 November 2023
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80% of landlords want stricter energy efficiency rules on their properties

A new survey conducted by the Social Market Foundation – a cross party think tank – has found that an overwhelming majority (79%) of landlords believe they should be subject...
Published: 24 November 2023
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SMF responds to Autumn Statement 2023

On the Chancellor’s tax measures, Sam Robinson, SMF Senior Researcher said: “Today’s cuts to National Insurance rates barely touch the sides of the tax increase from frozen thresholds, meaning they...
Published: 22 November 2023
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‘Educators need to improve leadership quality or continue to lose talent’

A survey by the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute – found that one in four (26%) of education leaders...
Published: 16 November 2023
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5 million people driven into poverty by transport costs

The figures come from a first-of-its-kind model (see notes) for tracking transport poverty, developed by the Social Market Foundation. The SMF’s metric found that out of a total of 13...
Published: 15 November 2023
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Alternative proteins could replace a third of meat by 2040

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – collected a range of expert predictions, which produced an average estimate that alternative proteins (APs) could capture around a third...
Published: 13 November 2023
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Banning no-fault evictions would not harm rental sector, research shows

International evidence and Scotland’s experience of banning no fault evictions shows that the measure would not harm the rental sector by prompting landlords to leave the market, and might actually...
Published: 08 November 2023
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Only 1% of SMEs are scale-ups, yet they contribute £500bn to the UK economy

New research published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, and sponsored by OakNorth, utilises restricted access data from the Office for National Statistics to identify the fastest growing...
Published: 08 November 2023
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New ONS figures show slow and stalling progress on greening homes

New data published by the Office for National Statistics demonstrates England’s slow progress on decarbonising home heating and improving homes’ energy efficiency, with the country going backwards on some measures,...
Published: 01 November 2023
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