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
Banking and competition in the UK economy
This report explores the state of competition in the UK economy, and the extent to which supposedly competitive markets are delivering good outcomes for customers, with a particular focus on the retail banking sector. It sets out a range of policy recommendations for enhancing competition in the banking sector and the UK economy more broadly.
| Published: | 10 May 2021 |
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| Author(s): | Scott Corfe, Aveek Bhattacharya, Richard Hyde |
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The New Plan for Immigration: We need to talk about Albania
This briefing argues that by failing to engage with either the public’s scepticism of asylum seekers, or the problem of what to do about failed asylum seekers, the refugee rights sector has ceded the ground in this area to the Government, and that the New Plan for Immigration is largely the result.
| Published: | 05 May 2021 |
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| Author: | Jonathan Thomas |
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A stake in success: Employee share ownership and the post-COVID economy
This report sets out the case for an expansion of employee share ownership in the UK, and for the share ownership agenda to form a key part of a “fair and strong economic recovery” narrative as we emerge from the Coronavirus crisis.
| Published: | 04 May 2021 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
EVENT
In conversation with Jon Yates: Why are our societies coming apart? How do we put them back together?
The second event in our virtual series discussing how we can build back better after COVID-19, held in partnership with Policy@Manchester - The University of Manchester's policy engagement unit.
09 Jun 2021
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00
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2021
17:00 - 18:00
Media Release
Consumers suffer as pandemic hits competition and boosts big business
Key consumer markets became less competitive during the pandemic as customers shopped around less and big suppliers captured a greater market share, new research reveals today.
| Published: | 10 May 2021 |
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Media Release
Advocates’ failure to grasp public concerns over asylum has given Home Office upper hand over reforms
Migrant rights charities and activists have failed to address public concerns that many people claiming asylum in the UK are not genuine refugees, a think-tank report says today.
| Published: | 05 May 2021 |
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Media Release
Employee share owners enjoy a £10,000 wealth premium
Low-income workers who own shares in the company they work for enjoy a £10,000 “wealth premium”, new analysis shows today.
| Published: | 04 May 2021 |
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Queen’s Speech is a promising start to Government plans for FE and adult education
In one sense, not much has changed in terms of Government FE and adult education policy as a result of the Queen’s speech.
Assessing and addressing the UK’s health inequalities
A year on from COVID-19 being declared a worldwide pandemic, the UK has consistently placed high up in the global league tables of declared cases and deaths. But why has the health impact of the pandemic been so severe? What role have pre-existing health inequalities played? Our most recent Ask the Expert event, held in partnership with UK Research and Innovation sought to answer these questions, with our panel of experts Professor Vittal Katikireddi, the Health Foundation’s Dr Jennifer Dixon and the NHS Confederation’s Joan Saddler OBE.
How can retail banks do what matters to drive the post-COVID recovery?
Retail banks have been at the heart of the UK’s economic response to the coronavirus pandemic: supporting the nation to manage its money through the terrible personal and financial costs the disease has wreaked – from payment holidays through to bounce back loans. Now, banks have a new role to play. Not only in supporting economic recovery, but in ‘building back better’: resetting the balance between generating investor returns and serving community interests.