Tag Archives: Crime and Justice

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1 in 5 people have been a victim of fraud in the last couple of years, international survey finds

The findings will be presented at the Global Fraud Summit 2024, a meeting hosted by the UK Government, bringing policymakers and officials from around the world to London to tackle...
Published: 12 March 2024
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‘If UK is to lead on AI safety, fraud should be high on the political agenda’

With the UK preparing to host a global AI summit later this week, the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – says that policymakers need to implement a...
Published: 30 October 2023
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‘Labour’s EU refugee responsibility-sharing plan would give UK better control than the Rwanda plan’

In a briefing out today, Jonathan Thomas, SMF Senior Fellow and migration expert, says that Labour’s plans “represent the best opportunity for balancing refugees’ need for protection with states’ and...
Published: 24 October 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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‘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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‘Rule of law’ can boost British identity and global power – but crumbling courts could undermine it

The Social Market Foundation said that Britain’s trusted legal system and tradition of fair play can help bind together the nations of the UK and reinforce the country’s international clout....
Published: 19 January 2023
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‘Immigration at 1 million a year could become normal for UK’

The post-pandemic immigration rate of 1.1 million arrivals a year could be the start of a trend towards historically high migration levels in the coming decades, according to the Social...
Published: 19 December 2022
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UK is card fraud capital of Europe – think tank

Britons suffer far more card frauds than people in any European country. UK losses from card fraud are also much higher. This is revealed in SMF analysis of European Central...
Published: 03 August 2022
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‘Letting accused avoid court without a guilty plea would improve justice for BAME Britons’

Making out of court disposals – including cautions, fines, treatment programmes and curfews – available without a guilty plea would make the criminal justice system work better for Black, Asian...
Published: 15 December 2021
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