The Social Market Foundation is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank, standing proudly in the centre-ground of politics since 1989. We bring together people of all parties and none to develop evidence-based policies that support a fair society and a strong economy.
Publication
Capital concerns: Poverty in London and the role of business in helping tackle it
This report calls attention to the scale of in-work poverty in the UK and London today, what drives it, and the impact it has. It is a part of a wider project – created in partnership with Trust for London - to develop a new benchmark that helps businesses tackle in-work poverty.
| Published: | 23 January 2022 |
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| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, Jake Shepherd |
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Public Service Reform in the 2020s
What does 'public service reform' look like in the 2020s? This briefing considers three ways the Government might seek to ensure increased funding for public services is efficiently used in a post-austerity era.
| Published: | 11 January 2022 |
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| Author: | Aveek Bhattacharya |
Publication
Earning trust: Improving criminal justice outcomes for ethnic minorities
This paper discusses some of the issues facing ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system, and how policymakers might improve their outcomes – particularly by increasing their trust in the system.
| Published: | 15 December 2021 |
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| Author: | Aveek Bhattacharya |
Media Release
Companies ignore poverty despite ESG promises, new research shows
Big companies are ignoring poverty even as they promise to support the ESG agenda of greener and more responsible capitalism, new analysis reveals today.
| Published: | 23 January 2022 |
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Media Release
Sunak should give £300 cash ‘cost of living bonus’
Rishi Sunak’s Treasury should reject over-complicated solutions to the cost-of-living crisis and simply make one-off cash payments to millions of households, a leading economist says today.
| Published: | 20 January 2022 |
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Media Release
School choice fails to empower parents, study finds
Policies to increase school choice have not given parents a greater sense of control over their children’s education, new research has found.
| Published: | 13 January 2022 |
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A ‘cost-of-living bonus’? The case for direct cash payments to help squeezed households
Aveek Bhattacharya examines possible policy suggestions that can be used to respond to the mounting cost-of-living crisis. Evaluating each, he finally calls on Rishi Sunak's Treasury to give direct cash transfers to households to give them the power to best decide how to respond to rising costs.
The new consumer trilemma? Innovation, fairness and a just transition to net zero in the energy market
To get to grips with crime, we need to understand why more and more victims are giving up on prosecution