Deliveroo riders and other gig economy workers actively choose their work and are as happy with it as the rest of the workforce, new think-tank research reveals today.

“I never make predictions, especially about the future”, the American sage Yogi Berra is reported to have said. If only the rest of us had such a luxury.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar, Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, and Professor Anand Menon, Director of UK in a Changing Europe at King's College London, gave their analysis of the EU referendum polls.

Five years ago, Liz Truss spoke at an SMF event on the benefits of competition in a market economy. Scott Corfe looks at how much has changed since then, arguing that "Trussonomics" must focus on making consumer markets more competitive - both to accelerate economic growth and tackle the cost of living crisis.