In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Professor David Metz argued that conventional transport economics has reached a dead end, and that an intelligent transport policy requires modelling and forecasting methodologies to be updated for the twenty first century.

• More than two thirds of UK 50–64-year-olds don’t know how much they'll need for retirement
• Only a fifth of 50–64-year-olds have spoken to a financial adviser about their pension
• Only 14% of people accessing a defined contribution pension pot for the first time seek free guidance from Pension Wise

A clear majority of people approaching retirement don’t get advice or guidance on how to build up and use a pension, leaving many confused, anxious and at risk of missing out on a better quality of living in later life, a new study shows today

Speech by Tom Tugendhat MP at the Social Market Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation event on fair consumer markets on February 6th 2018.

Lord Andrew Tyrie, Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, delivered a speech to the Social Market Foundation discussing the CMA's recent proposals for reforms to competion law and policy in the UK.

In this blog we look at the possible impact of Brexit on Government targets for the public finances, including deficit reduction and borrowing. We find that the impact leaves many of the spending suggestions made during the referendum campaign unfunded.

In other countries, points-based systems which govern immigration for work have encouraged a culture of greater empiricism, a willingness to review outcomes, learn from them and adapt immigration policies accordingly. Will the UK have a similar experience?