Social Market Foundation @SMFthinktank
The Social Market Foundation is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank, standing proudly in the centre-ground of politics since 1989. Find us on LinkedIn too smf.co.uk London, UK Joined July 2009-
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What do you wish you’d learnt more about in school? 91% of Brits say money and finance. 💷 There is a clear view then, that education should not just be academic, but about helping to prepare children for the real world. Read more from @SMFthinktank. 👇 bigissue.com/opinion/britai…
The @SMFthinktank and Cushon report reveals strong public support for a #pension #potforlife. Of course there are challenges that need to be addressed and details ironed out but no real deal breakers. Read more: hubs.la/Q02vw4LQ0
Last week @ndrlee and @aveek18 shared their edited collection of essays on Labour’s economic policy. Here’s what Neil and I argued on our essay on Innovation 1/6 🧵 smf.co.uk/publications/l… @SMFthinktank @LSEGeography @NIESRorg
📩In your inbox NOW: #SMFwonkweek 29/4 feat. @NuffieldFound, @wpi_economics, @Civitas_UK, & more! 🧐Read #SMFwonkweek: bit.ly/3UBU7vl ✍️Sign-up for #SMFwonkweek: bit.ly/3Bxy4dw ✨Edited by @aveek18
"The payment was £140 before the energy crisis arose and prices rocketed; it badly needs to be increased to reflect that. The Social Market Foundation has made proposals that the Government would do well to adopt" @KennyMacAskill commending our @SMFthinktank research to the govt
“While there are some major strengths in our innovation system, there are also some major problems, and these need to be fixed before innovation provides a route to meaningful growth.” Margarida Bandeira Morais and @ndrlee in new @SMFthinktank report. ow.ly/cRlW50Rlh91
❗️New from @SMFthinktank: 'Labour Economics: Thinking through Labour’s economic agenda' Featuring contributions from @LSEGeography and @CEP_LSE scholars including @ndrlee, @mbandeiramorais, @henryoverman and Paul Cheshire
❗️New from @SMFthinktank: 'Labour Economics: Thinking through Labour’s economic agenda' Featuring contributions from @LSEGeography and @CEP_LSE scholars including @ndrlee, @mbandeiramorais, @henryoverman and Paul Cheshire
Out now – Labour economics: thinking through Labour’s economic agenda New report from @SMFthinktank , edited by @aveek18 & @ndrlee smf.co.uk/publications/l…
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📚NEW ESSAY COLLECTION📚 With Labour Party vowing to achieve the fastest growth in the G7, the SMF has brought together leading economist to run the rule over Labour's economic policies – and the gaps it still needs to fill. Read the essays: smf.co.uk/publications/l…
What's been happening in education and youth policy this week? In our #Friday5 roundup: 1. @SMFthinktank on financial education 2. @fawcettsociety on early childhood ed 3. @ChanceUK on exclusions 4. New apprenticeships data 5. @EduPolicyInst roundtable cfey.org/news-and-event…
Just 1% of primary school teachers think their students have an adequate level of financial literacy. Dani Payne is Senior Researcher @SMFthinktank and is one of those behind the report 'Investing in the Future'. Listen 🎧: timbre-player.sharp-stream.com/embed/item/a2a…
TL;DR Scotland effectively banned no-fault evictions, & the rental sector grew quicker than England's. And the court system hasn't been overwhelmed. Ireland and several Australian states also boosted renter's rights and still saw renter growth. So why would England be different?
Pay must be addressed if we’re going to reset and reconnect the Met to the communities they serve.
🚨OUT NOW: 20% police pay cut since 2000 makes officers more likely to quit New blog shows that police pay is expected to continue to fall in real terms to 2028, making officers more likely to leave the service smf.co.uk/commentary_pod…
Really interesting report here with international evidence on whether strengthening renters' rights does lead landlords to exit. The short answer is no they don't - at least not for the type of changes proposed in the Renters Reform Bill (when that ever sees the light of day).
🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown. 👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…
Very good that SMF have put evidence to this but also, its pretty obvious that potentially making a slightly smaller pile of gold, or working harder for your pile of gold, isn't going to drive people out of the pile of gold scene...
🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown. 👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…
Really important research from @SMFthinktank showing that protections for renters WON'T drive landlords out the market. We need a stronger Renters Reform Bill. #renters
🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown. 👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…
🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown. 👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…
The winter fuel payment has always seemed weird to me. No suggestion that pensioners paid in for this over time, or that most particularly need it. £2bn a year is a lot!
Current bill support schemes need updating because they are: ❌not generous enough ❌targeted crudely, producing cliff-edges (WHD) and giving to those who may not need it (WFP) While one-off cost of living payments have helped, these are also coming to an end.
Housing crises in the English speaking world An interesting new report from @SMFthinktank looking at the scale of housing crises across the Anglosphere, and what the UK can learn from successes and failures elsewhere. smf.co.uk/publications/d…
It's spring now, and the worst of the energy price spike seems past, but many households will likely struggle again come winter, so we need to put the house in order now. Smart proposal from my SMF colleagues to replace untargeted pensioner support with a more progressive system
🚨OUT NOW: 'Scrap universal energy subsidies for pensioners to pay for more progressive Warm Homes Discount' The schemes are currently are poorly targeted and won't be sufficiently generous to help struggling households this coming winter. smf.co.uk/publications/e…
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Good to see labour getting behind calls to fund and expand public transport as we called for in @LabourList last year Motorists need alternatives, not more scaremongering labourlist.org/2023/08/labour…
The message from Yorkshire could not be clearer: Put passengers first and reverse the decline on our public transport the Tories have presided over.
We urgently need to address the North-South rail fare divide by giving passengers in the North the same discount on rail fares as their southern counterparts. That's why we've joined up with @equalitytrust, @SMFthinktank and @Patrick4Dales to call for a Northern Network Railcard.
At the same time, some taxes are holding back our housing market. #Stampduty, for instance, is levied in four out of the five countries surveyed. New Zealand is the only country which doesn’t impose a tax on transactions, and has double the UK’s property sales as % of stock
🏦 The UK has the highest home taxes in the Anglosphere and the burden falls more heavily on low income households Council tax should therefore be reformed, with property values re-evaluated every three years and half of renters’ payments going towards saving for a deposit
We were pleased to launch our new essay collection today on sovereign wealth funds, featuring @dgreen_uk, Eugene O’Callaghan, @JohnPenroseNews, @liambyrnemp, @DrAdam_Dixon, John Crompton, @dagdetter, @SMFthinktank’s Richard Hyde & Hari Menon, and others.
The German situation is the latest in a global trend away from prohibition. My @SMFthinktank report compares reform impacts from other countries that have changed their drugs laws, offering lessons for policymakers here in the UK smf.co.uk/publications/h…
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