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
Health on the High Street
UK high streets are facing an uncertain future. There is concerning evidence that the Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated existing trends associated with the decline of bricks and mortar retail, compounded by the uptake in homeworking and online shopping. This paper calls for a reimagining of our high streets and urban spaces - with public service provision at their centre.
| Published: | 19 January 2021 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
Publication
Obesity and coronavirus – where next for policy?
The Coronavirus pandemic has further highlighted the health consequences of living with overweight and obesity. In response, the UK Government has unveiled a new obesity strategy to get the country to “lose weight to beat coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect the NHS”.
| Published: | 13 December 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Scott Corfe, Jake Shepherd |
Publication
Measuring and mitigating child hunger in the UK
This report provides survey data and modelled analysis of food insecurity in the UK. It follows high profile campaigns from the footballer Marcus Rashford which have expressed concern over child hunger during the coronavirus pandemic.
| Published: | 09 December 2020 |
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| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, Jake Shepherd |
EVENT
Speech by Baroness Tina Stowell, Chair of the Charity Commission for England & Wales
Join the SMF and the Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE for her final speech as Chair of the Charity Commission.
04 Feb 2021
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Media Release
Create new ‘Health Hubs’ for high streets after the pandemic
Town centres where shops and offices fall vacant should be used to establish new “health hubs” combining GP surgeries, health and social care services and gyms, a think-tank says today.
| Published: | 19 January 2021 |
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Media Release
Covid warnings aren’t an effective obesity strategy
Government appeals to Britons to slim down in response to Covid-19 have not helped most people living with obesity to lose weight, according to new think-tank research.
| Published: | 13 December 2020 |
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Media Release
16% of children missed meals due to hardship during pandemic
16% of parents say their children missed meals due to hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, a think-tank report shows today.
| Published: | 09 December 2020 |
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Ask the Expert: Is green prescribing an answer to improving wellbeing post-COVID-19?
In the latest instalment of the Social Market Foundation’s Ask the Expert series, held in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, we were joined by Dr Daisy Fancourt, Carl Petrokofsky and Graham Duxbury to discuss the impact of the pandemic on people’s wellbeing and engagement with the natural environment, and the benefits of green prescribing.
What giving good gifts and designing better social programmes have in common
In what is fast becoming a mini-tradition itself, it feels as though every year we get a fresh round of the ‘economists vs gifts’ row.
Ask the Expert: Achieving a green and just recovery from the Coronavirus crisis
In this instalment of the SMF’s Ask the Expert series, convened in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, we were joined by Ece Özdemiroğlu, Polly Billington and Matthew Pennycook MP to discuss how a green and just recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could be achieved.