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‘Suella is right about asylum system, but her ambitions need the Refugee Convention’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman gave a speech in Washington today, claiming that the 1951 Refugee Convention is not ‘fit for our modern age’. Whilst Braverman is right to criticise the...
Published: 26 September 2023
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Skills crisis holding back 7 in 10 SMEs from scaling up

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has warned that a lack of focus on the skills crisis is limiting the UK from being a place for...
Published: 26 September 2023
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Majority support ‘nanny state’ policies to improve Britain’s health outcomes

The Social Market Foundation has said that policymakers looking to improve the nation’s health should not be too worried about voter opposition, since the public is overwhelmingly in favour of...
Published: 14 September 2023
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Three-fifths of British people have tried to cut down on meat

A new survey conducted by the Social Market Foundation has found that nearly three-fifths (58%) of people have made some effort to eat less meat. Moreover, 57% think that the...
Published: 14 September 2023
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‘Fraudemic’: Six in ten want tech giants to reimburse fraud victims

The finding comes from a report published today by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think tank, sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, providing new evidence about the impact of fraud on...
Published: 14 September 2023
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Housing makes Brits worse off than Americans, research shows

A new briefing from the Social Market Foundation – authored by John Handley (See notes) – shows that 21% of Brits’ spending goes towards housing, as opposed to 17% for...
Published: 10 August 2023
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‘Set up National Replication Institute to speed up scientific progress and boost economic growth’

A new briefing from the Social Market Foundation, authored by Will Henshall – a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School – warns that without a change in course, the UK...
Published: 30 July 2023
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Politicians must overcome ‘nanny state’ worries to improve Britain’s health

New research from the Social Market Foundation suggests that policies like higher taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and junk food, stricter licensing regulations to limit places to buy such products and...
Published: 27 July 2023
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‘Fast tracking asylum seekers into work to fill labour shortages requires a differentiated approach’

Rather than treating all asylum seekers the same from the perspective of their right to work in the UK, the Social Market Foundation said that the asylum claimants’ right to...
Published: 24 July 2023
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