Careers advice and guidance risks entrenching inequality by steering people towards different educational and employment options according to their parents’ income and background, new research shows today.

The Social Market Foundation think-tank is beginning a new research project which will investigate the reasons why London's higher education (HE) institutions have lower retention rates when compared with the rest of the country.

Ethnic minority and poorer students more likely to drop out of English universities

New report proposes ways to encourage savers to invest and put their money to work, along with new 'Britannia Bonds' and giving all fifteen year olds £1500 to invest for their future

Only 1% of UK’s SMEs are ‘scale-ups’, generating nearly £500bn a year, new research shows today. With 1 in 6 of them being in health and social work, and IT also dominating, it highlights the strengths and potential of the UK economy.

In the latest of the SMF’s Ask the Expert series, our panellists were asked to consider whether the UK’s two-party system would remain intact as we enter a new decade of British politics.

This blog reflects on our recent SMF Ask the Expert event, held in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, exploring the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable children.

Increasing police numbers can reduce crime rates, and yet - as Richard Hyde points out - it is an aspect of policing that isn’t as prominent as it should be. As crime will likely become more complex, Hyde calls on police and policymakers to invest in increasing police numbers, so that we can not only to stay on top of the current high levels of crime, but also reduce them substantially.