Category Archives: Media Release

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Cost-of-living: Nearly 3 in 10 find essentials difficult to afford, despite most shopping around

The SMF said the research showed the limits of the “Martin Lewis effect”, where shoppers use better consumer information to get better deals. This interim report explores the case for...
Published: 17 August 2023
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Housing makes Brits worse off than Americans, research shows

A new briefing from the Social Market Foundation – authored by John Handley (See notes) – shows that 21% of Brits’ spending goes towards housing, as opposed to 17% for...
Published: 10 August 2023
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‘Set up National Replication Institute to speed up scientific progress and boost economic growth’

A new briefing from the Social Market Foundation, authored by Will Henshall – a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School – warns that without a change in course, the UK...
Published: 30 July 2023
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Politicians must overcome ‘nanny state’ worries to improve Britain’s health

New research from the Social Market Foundation suggests that policies like higher taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and junk food, stricter licensing regulations to limit places to buy such products and...
Published: 27 July 2023
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‘Fast tracking asylum seekers into work to fill labour shortages requires a differentiated approach’

Rather than treating all asylum seekers the same from the perspective of their right to work in the UK, the Social Market Foundation said that the asylum claimants’ right to...
Published: 24 July 2023
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‘Hire business leaders to run Department of Health’

Lord Warner, a health minister under Tony Blair, has written a pamphlet for the Social Market Foundation warning that without dramatic change in management and structure, the NHS will inevitably...
Published: 16 July 2023
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One in five U.K. employers has hired a Ukrainian, report reveals

A survey for the Social Market Foundation of more than 2,000 HR managers revealed that 19% said their organisation hired at least one Ukrainian national in 2022. 12% said they...
Published: 25 June 2023
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‘Mutuals can meet public demand for responsible business’

Research from the Social Market Foundation shows that the public largely thinks that business is falling short on its social responsibilities and putting profits ahead of purpose. Yet people have...
Published: 22 June 2023
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Public sector workers in London more likely to be in poverty than in other parts of the UK

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think-tank – has revealed today that nearly 1 in 10 (9.7%) London ‘public sector households’ (i.e. where at least one person works in...
Published: 07 June 2023
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