Universities in demand?
Ryan Shorthouse looks at why we shouldn't be concerned about the fall in university applications despite the headlines.
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The Work Programme: built on shifting sands?
Ian Mulheirn looks at new data on people expected to use the Work Programme and explains why the deteriorating economic outlook is bad news for the scheme's finances.
Vince Cable speaks to the SMF on reforming executive pay
Rt Hon Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, has today given...
NAO Work Programme report - Social Market Foundation statement
The Social Market Foundation responds to the National Audit Office report on the viability...
A better beginning: easing the cost of childcare - with Liam Byrne MP
The launch of an innovative new policy to solve the childcare funding crisis.
Tim Besley from LSE on regulating finance
The SMF is delighted to welcome the London School of Economics' Tim Besley for our first Chalk+Talk of 2012.
The Parent Trap: Illustrating the growing costs of childcare
High-quality, affordable formal childcare is critical for children's development and parental employment, bringing significant private and public be...
Markets in a State? The Social Market Foundation at 21
The Social Market Foundation was founded in late 1989, as state socialism collapsed in Europe. Today, a global economic crisis has brought us to anoth...
