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.

Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) SMEs say that recruiting and developing adequately skilled staff is their biggest barrier to growth, a think tank reveals today.

A growing number of consumers – including people with long-term conditions such as dementia and cancer – could be at risk of getting a bad deal from banks because the industry doesn’t pay enough attention to them, new research warns today.

Companies should sign a new “contract with Britain” that commits them to invest a fixed share of their profits in new technology, staff training and smaller firms after the pandemic, a new report says today.

Some households have seen bills rise by as much as 700%, and more could be in line for pain without a timely response, the Social Market Foundation warns today.