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SMF 2019 events at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party Conferences

At the 2019 party conferences, the SMF held fringe events on a range of topics, including: pensions and auto-enrolment, the future of further education, and the role of energy companies in reducing emissions. follow this link to watch the events and read the blogs
Published: 09 October 2019
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Scrap prison terms for council tax debt, says QC

Locking people up for non-payment of council tax is inhumane, ineffective and undermines public confidence in the justice system, a leading lawyer argues today.

Published: 18 September 2019
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Left vs Right is dead – politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new study shows

Politics should no longer be divided between “left-wing” and “right-wing” because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between “anarchists” and “centrists”, a new study shows today

Published: 18 September 2019
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Use Brexit to shake up “irrational” alcohol duty system

Use Brexit to shake up “irrational” alcohol duty system, think-tank says

Published: 06 September 2019
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Seaside on the slide: coastal areas suffer £5,000 wage gap

Coastal communities have fallen even further behind the rest of the UK economy and workers in seaside town now earn almost £5,000 less than those elsewhere in the country, a think-tank has revealed.

Published: 22 August 2019
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Shameful neglect – 50,000 children in care where council services are failing

The number of vulnerable children being cared for in areas where council services are failing is going up, a think-tank has revealed.

Published: 11 August 2019
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