Tag Archives: Poverty and Social Mobility

Parents should be able to access financial support of up to £10,000 from the Government to pay for childcare which they would then pay back as monthly contributions made through the tax system, a think tank has said today (Wednesday 8 February).

Rt Hon Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, has today given a speech to the Social Market Foundation outlining his plans for reforming executive pay.

The Social Market Foundation responds to the National Audit Office report on the viability of the Work Programme.

The impact of growing childcare costs and reduced public support means that low income families in 2015 will have to find over 60% more of their own cash for childcare compared with 2006, new research published today by the Social Market Foundation finds.

The new children’s savings scheme, the Junior ISA, is poorly targeted and will benefit the very families who need it least, a leading think tank said today.

Leader of the Opposition Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP has today delivered a speech to the Social Market Foundation to launch the SMF's latest publications, Markets in a State.

At least 90% of organisations involved in delivering the Government's flagship back to work scheme, the Work Programme, risk having their contracts terminated because of unreachable performance targets set by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Government's growth strategy should substantially raise the National Minimum Wage as the economy recovers and expand the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships to drive up quality in manufacturing, according to a new report launched today by the think tank the Social Market Foundation.

Hundreds of thousands of families trying to save for the future will be left with little or no financial support under the Government's proposed overhaul of welfare benefits, leading think tank the Social Market Foundation (SMF) said today.