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Social Market Foundation responds to Autumn Budget 2024
Social Market Foundation responds to Autumn Budget 2024
Published: | 30 October 2024 |
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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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The Social Market Foundation responds to the Labour Party manifesto
On the overall manifesto, SMF Director Theo Bertram said: “The Ming vase manifesto: change but with caution; great determination, little detail. There are no fireworks, no surprises, no great adventure...
Published: | 13 June 2024 |
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The Social Market Foundation reacts to the Conservative Party manifesto
The Social Market Foundation’s response is as follows. On the overall manifesto, SMF Director Theo Bertram said: “This is a manifesto without credibility or identity, focused on the next three...
Published: | 11 June 2024 |
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‘Labour can pledge to triple social homes built by raising £4bn through housing ‘fairness taxes’, think tank says
The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – has set out a proposal for tripling the rate of social housing being built, by introducing taxes on overseas owners,...
Published: | 20 May 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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Planning reform will fail to address UK housing crisis without affordability requirements, think tank says
In a paper out today, the Social Market Foundation reviews evidence from comparable English-speaking countries – the USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand – and finds that planning reforms often...
Published: | 16 April 2024 |
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New Towns can help solve the UK housing crisis, says up and coming Labour politician, Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis, who is standing for election in Milton Keynes North, says that his party should build more places like his constituency and home town in a new essay for...
Published: | 07 April 2024 |
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Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market, analysis shows
In an international study published today, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) argues that England is an international outlier in terms of the insecurity of its tenants. Compared to similar countries,...
Published: | 03 April 2024 |
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