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The importance of shifting norms in supporting climate action

By Professor Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School; Visiting Professor, LSE Ideas

Published: 06 October 2020
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Green skills for greener finance

By Simon Thompson, Chief Executive, Chartered Banker Institute

Published: 06 October 2020
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An increase in the precariousness of work onto an already uncertain jobs market

For several years, there has been growing anxiety around the changing nature of work.

Published: 30 September 2020
Author: Jake Shepherd
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The time has come: a UK Sovereign Investment Fund

The UK’s public finances are currently facing acute pressure due to the current pandemic and the government’s policy response. These short-term difficulties have negative knock-on effects for a number of existing long-term challenges that UK Exchequer faces.

Published: 27 August 2020
Author: Richard Hyde
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The Government has committed to a review of the 2005 Gambling Act. Here’s what that review should look like.

The 2005 Gambling Act was designed to regulate gambling, in all its forms. But 15 years later, the world has changed, and gambling has changed too: bookies’ shops on the high street are fading, as gambling goes online. And a gambling law written before the first iPhone went on sale is clearly no longer fit for purpose.

Published: 06 August 2020
Author: Jake Shepherd
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Ask the Expert – “Guided by the Science”: the purpose of scientific advice after the Coronavirus pandemic

In our first UKRI-sponsored Ask the Expert virtual panel event, the SMF brought together three different experts to discuss the future of scientific advice in policymaking.

Published: 29 July 2020
Author: Georgia Herries
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