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Working it out: responses and recommendations to the rise in self-employment

The pamphlet looks at the rising trend in self-employment from a variety of perspectives, including tax, regulation and red tape, pensions and mortgages, trade unions and the self-employed, enterprise education,...
Published: 21 February 2017
Author: Rachel Reeves MP
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Striving for better: Welfare and a labour market that work for disabled people

This is the second in a series of reports by the Social Market Foundation that consider the Government’s ambition of halving the disability employment gap.
Published: 20 October 2016
Author: Matthew Oakley
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Here to stay? Residency and EU migrants after the referendum

This briefing examines which EU citizens are currently residing in the UK, when they arrived, their characteristics, and the implications for a future deal between the UK and EU on immigration policy.
Published: 31 July 2016
Author: Ben Richards
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After Brexit: Net migration, unemployment and job vacancies

This new report examines what increasing unemployment and falling job vacancies could mean for net migration in 2020. It suggests UK net migration could fall by 58% in wake of UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Published: 18 July 2016
Author: Ben Richards
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Working Together? The impact of the EU referendum on UK employers

This report looks at which job roles EU workers currently fulfil in the UK and what effect would Brexit have on UK employers and their ability to recruit the skills they need.
Published: 27 May 2016
Author(s): Nigel Keohane, Nida Broughton, Tuomas Ketola
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Working Together: European workers in the UK

This new research describes the role played by European employees in the UK economy.
Published: 03 May 2016
Author(s): Nigel Keohane, Nida Broughton, Tuomas Ketola
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Closing the gap: Creating a framework for tackling the disability employment gap in the UK

Halving the disability employment gap is a challenging ambition that should not be rushed. This report sets out a range of principles for how reform should progress and a number of areas where specific reforms should be considered.
Published: 11 March 2016
Author: Matthew Oakley
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Targeting Immigration: What does a good migration target look like?

This new briefing sets out the case for scrapping the Coalition’s immigration cap in favour of the SMF's preferred new target - an aims to increase public confidence in the immigration system by 2020.
Published: 26 February 2015
Author: Ben Richards
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Employment, Skills and growth

This was prepared for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth event The Good Economy, taking place on Wednesday 4 February 2015.
Published: 02 February 2015
Author: Emran Mian
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