Commentary & Podcasts

Political debate around social mobility tends to describe London as a success story – but this is not the whole truth.

In the latest of the SMF’s Ask the Expert series, our panellists were asked to consider whether the UK’s two-party system would remain intact as we enter a new decade of British politics.

These are some of the policies SMF believes any future government should implement in order to deliverer a fairer economy where people can have faith in markets, enjoy good public services and do satisfying, well-paid work followed by a happy retirement.

In this installment of our Ask the Expert event series, SMF was pleased to host Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh on the topic of public engagement on climate change.

In our latest Ask the Expert event, kindly sponsored by the ESRC, a part of UK Research and Innovation, Professor Sue Yeandle, Director of CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities) and Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, shared her research on the numbers and demographics of older (unpaid) carers and the lives they lead. Sue was joined on the panel by Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy at Carers UK and Sarah Gravenstede, Deputy Director of Social Care Strategy & Projects, Department of Health & Social Care.