Tag Archives: economic growth
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The Social Market Foundation responds to the King’s Speech
The Social Market Foundation’s response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech follows below.
| Published: | 17 July 2024 |
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‘Labour’s housing plans are the most ambitious in half a century – but don’t go far enough to drive growth’, top economist says
In his contribution to the series for the Social Market Foundation (SMF) – a cross-party think tank –LSE economic geography professor Paul Cheshire (who has been a consultant to World...
| Published: | 22 April 2024 |
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SMF responds to Spring Budget 2024
Considering the Budget overall, SMF Director Aveek Bhattacharya said: “Today’s Budget was a relatively low key affair, with the notable exception of the national insurance cut. If anything, it demonstrated...
| Published: | 06 March 2024 |
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Only 1% of SMEs are scale-ups, yet they contribute £500bn to the UK economy
New research published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, and sponsored by OakNorth, utilises restricted access data from the Office for National Statistics to identify the fastest growing...
| Published: | 08 November 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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‘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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