Tag Archives: Employment and Labour Market
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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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“Forgetting to call the plumber puts Net Zero at risk” – think-tank
The Social Market Foundation said that the Government strategy aimed at decarbonising home heating does not give plumbers and other workers enough incentive to get training to install the heat...
Published: | 18 November 2021 |
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Tom Tugendhat MP speech to the SMF
Community Conservatism, Tom Tugendhat’s speech to the Social Market Foundation This is the text of the speech as it was written, not as it was delivered. For the delivered version, see...
Published: | 08 November 2018 |
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Family carers propping up the care system – and paying the price
The Social Market Foundation has calculated that there are 7.6 million people in the UK who provide unpaid care for a relative. That is 1 million more than in 2005....
Published: | 16 July 2018 |
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Two million self-employed workers would earn less than Labour’s proposed £10 per hour minimum wage
Hike in hourly rate could push more workers into cheaper and less secure forms of employment New research, released today by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think tank, warns that...
Published: | 10 April 2017 |
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New polling reveals ‘trust gap’ between British workers and employers
Exclusive new polling from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and Grant Thornton, conducted by Populus, reveals the extent of the ‘trust gap’ between British workers and their employers.
Published: | 29 November 2016 |
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Self-employed workers may be getting worst of both worlds
New report finds self-employed are more likely to work unpaid overtime and less likely to receive training than employees – yet many lack autonomy at work.
Published: | 17 November 2016 |
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