A new report by the Social Market Foundation think tank, supported by leading public sector insurer Zurich Municipal, says that councils will have to change how they operate if they are to cope to with a range of challenges and risks facing them and the communities they serve.

Changing how the NHS buys drugs could deliver better outcomes for patients and value for money, says a new report from the Social Market Foundation think tank.

Just £250 million - or 2.7% – of the extra £9bn funding which the government has set aside for early years provision during this Parliament will reach the most disadvantaged children, according to a new report by senior Labour MP Lucy Powell, and published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank.

Consumers are paying higher prices and getting worse service than they should do because the markets that matter the most to them aren't competitive enough, new research has found.

Promises of a “green recovery” from the Coronavirus downturn must offer quick and tangible financial benefits and job opportunities, or the Net Zero agenda could face a backlash from voters, a report argues today.

Almost 50,000 vulnerable children are being cared for in areas where council services are failing them, a think tank has revealed.  

Use Facebook data to fix faulty immigration estimates

Better further education services and leadership are more important to Leave-voting parts of Britain than free trade deals after Brexit, a think-tank says today.

Teachers are deserting Further Education in an exodus of talent that could hurt poor students and leave the sector without effective leadership in the coming years, a think-tank has warned.