• New Social Market Foundation report calls on Rishi Sunak to issue “sustainability-linked” bonds, which would pay out more to investors if the government does not meet its targets on decarbonising the British economy.

• Chile recently became the first country in the world to issue such a bond. The UK should follow suit and aim to be the world leader in sustainability-linked finance.

• Green finance represents a significant economic opportunity for Britain. The SMF estimates that 200,000 jobs in finance & insurance are already “green jobs”. Low carbon finance is expected to grow more rapidly than any other green sector of the economy.

The Chancellor delivered the UK Government's latest Budget today - his 15th major fiscal announcement - setting out plans for the final stages of economic support during the Coronavirus crisis and the forthcoming recovery. The Social Market Foundation's response to the Budget follows below.

Nicky Fairbairn, a Real Estate Partner and member of the Further Education team at International law firm DAC Beachcroft, asks Scott Corfe, Research Director at the Social Market Foundation, about the role civically minded universities will play in shaping the future of our town and city centres.

Reducing problem gambling would create more jobs in the UK and deliver higher tax revenues for the Treasury, new economic analysis shows today.

One in five British employers has hired a Ukrainian refugee and significant numbers have taken on Hong Kong British nationals or resettled refugees, new research reveals.

The asylum system needs change – but a new system which gives the UK more control and is humane to refugees is possible within the Refugee Convention, according to the Social Market Foundation in response to Home Secretary’s Washington speech.

Britain risks more political and social turmoil unless politics and business offer more opportunity and respect to people who do not have a university degree, a former Cabinet minister warns today.