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Riders on the Storm: Britain’s middle income households since 2007
This report looks at the reality of middle income households coming out of the downturn – using the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society to track specific households over...
| Published: | 07 April 2014 |
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| Author(s): | Nida Broughton, Onyinye Ezeyi, Claudia Hupkau |
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Gambling review and reform: towards a new regulatory framework
The Government has described the need to bring an “analogue Act” into line with the “digital age.” Online gambling – increasing both in popularity and profitability – is not subject...
| Published: | 05 August 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Dr James Noyes, Jake Shepherd |
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Elusive quality: how should we evaluate higher education?
Monitoring and evaluation of standards in higher education (HE) is in a state of flux, with the future of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework in doubt amidst growing...
| Published: | 19 November 2020 |
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| Author: | Aveek Bhattacharya |
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London coronavirus economy tracker – November 2020
Key findings: The latest claimant count data show unemployment continuing to rise in London. Between August and October, the claimant count increased by 1.2% in the capital, compared with a...
| Published: | 18 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Amy Norman, Scott Corfe |
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Job switching and wage growth for low-income workers
Executive summary Switching jobs can lead to wage progression and evidence predating the Coronavirus pandemic suggests that the wage boost received by workers who switch jobs, relative to the wages...
| Published: | 12 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | James Kirkup, Kathryn Petrie |
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(Adult) education, education, education
This report explores the role that adult education does and could play in improving the labour market outcomes of low-income households. It draws on desk research, quantitative analysis and in-depth...
| Published: | 12 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, Scott Corfe, Amy Norman |
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Boiler alert: addressing the challenges and trade-offs from the decarbonisation of home heat
Informed by a recent expert roundtable and polling evidence commissioned for the SMF, the report highlights a lack of public understanding of Net Zero and the need to transition homes...
| Published: | 02 November 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, Amy Norman |
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Time for savings auto-enrolment?
Key Points By making the Job Support Scheme less generous than the Job Retention Scheme, the Government is implicitly shifting part of the economic costs of Covid restrictions onto employees...
| Published: | 18 October 2020 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
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Pathway to COP26: the role of green finance
The UK’s legally binding commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is contingent on unlocking the necessary private capital and investment to fund the transition to a green economy...
| Published: | 06 October 2020 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |