In this blog, Baroness Susan Kramer calls for a revival of community banking in the UK, noting that that compared to most rival economies we are missing a fundamental stratum of banking and that lack undermines our capacity for both local and national growth.
The Labour government is proposing to increase Britain’s employment rate to 80% – the highest in the G7. This is a monumental feat, and it will have to attract not only the unemployed, but also 'the lost workforce' - and reintegrating them into the economy is far from simple.
The UK's built environment is responsible for 25% of UK emissions. To achieve the new COP29 emission target, argues SMF Trustee Melville Rodrigues, government will have to legislate for better energy consumption data-sharing.
