Adopting a London-style franchising system could improve some of the UK’s bus networks, but may only provide a short term boost to ridership, a new report suggests today. 

New research shows the extent to which Labour’s hopes of achieving power depends on overcoming recent divisions between school-leavers and graduates.

Just over 1 in 5 (21%) of adults across UK and in 14 other countries around the world were defrauded between 2021 and 2023, a landmark survey finds.

A reformed National Lottery should offer players a chance to divert part of their ticket price into a savings account, to help lower-income households build up a financial reserve, a think-tank says today.

There is speculation that the Chancellor may allow local authorities to raise council tax by 2% to help fund social care as part of the Spending Review. It looks neat, but how would this policy play out?

Government should extend December deadline to ensure retained EU laws are properly considered, says Harvard Senior Fellow and Regulatory Policy Committee Chair.

Local councils are supporting fewer unpaid family carers looking after elderly relatives and sick children, even as the numbers of those carers rises, NHS figures reveal.

Responding to the Labour Party manifesto announcements on self-employment, SMF research director Nigel Keohane said:

Responding to reports that the Government is set to reform social care funding by increasing National Insurance contributions, James Kirkup, Director of the Social Market Foundation, said: