Tag Archives: Employment and Labour Market

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‘Sunak’s delays to heat pump rollout will cost households thousands’

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has warned Rishi Sunak’s rollback of key net zero initiatives will be bad news for British manufacturers, the development of...
Published: 19 October 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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‘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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One in five U.K. employers has hired a Ukrainian, report reveals

A survey for the Social Market Foundation of more than 2,000 HR managers revealed that 19% said their organisation hired at least one Ukrainian national in 2022. 12% said they...
Published: 25 June 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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SMF responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcements on 17 October 2022

On the economic outlook, James Kirkup, Director of the Social Market Foundation said: “Cancelling the borrowing-fueled stimulus of the mini-budget should ease some of the pressure on the Bank of...
Published: 17 October 2022
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SMF responds to mini-Budget 2022

On the energy bill relief package – Amy Norman, Senior Researcher at the Social Market Foundation, said: “The Energy Price Guarantee is both necessary and welcome support for households facing...
Published: 23 September 2022
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White working-class and black students risk losing out from focus on A-Levels instead of vocational courses

The Social Market Foundation says that emphasis on A-Levels as the only route into university tends to mainly benefit affluent white young people, while overlooking the interests of those from...
Published: 18 August 2022
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Companies ignore poverty despite ESG promises, new research shows

The Social Market Foundation think-tank found that FTSE-100 companies are 64 times more likely to address environmental issues than to discuss poverty in their statements about Environmental, Social and Governance...
Published: 23 January 2022
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