The Social Market Foundation has reacted to the Conservative manifesto, as well as specific policies – including those on housing, cutting taxes, net zero and immigration.

Government delays to net zero targets will hold back the development of the heat pump industry, derailing efforts to lower households’ energy bills, new research from a think tank suggests.

The rule of law should be put at the center of new efforts to define Britishness and Britain’s place in the world of the 21st century, a think-tank says today.

Universities that focus more on teaching than research are deliberately “screening” out women who apply for permanent jobs by giving them short-term contracts that do not entitle employees to full maternity pay, according to Professor Vera Troeger of Warwick University.

Responding to the TUC report into international trends in insecure work, Nigel Keohane, director of research at the Social Market Foundation, commented:

Mutuals – companies owned by their customers and staff – can meet growing public demand for business to do more for society and the environment, a new report shows today.

To honour its commitment to restoring effective neighbourhood policing, Labour PPC Jake Richards is calling on his party to create an agenda for law enforcement’s use of emerging tech and access to data.

Nearly six in ten (57%) people say tech giants – like Meta and TikTok – should share responsibility for reimbursing fraud victims with banks and building societies as ‘fraudemic’ sees one in ten targeted.

Charging motorists a levy based on the miles they drive would be fairer and more popular than the current fuel duty regime and could even help address the cost of living crisis, new research presented in Parliament today shows.