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Theo Bertram said: “I’m delighted to join the SMF as its new Director. Over 35 years, the SMF has established a reputation at the centre of British politics as independent,...

The Social Market Foundation said that delays in settling cases in over-burdened courts and a lack of laws specifically governing new markets and technologies could dissuade companies and investors from...

The Social Market Foundation's response to the Summer Budget 2015. Here we look at the OBR's update to see whether the Chancellor's spending plans are on track, we examine the Living Wage announcement and see if this conflicts with changes to tax credits, we look into the changes to Higher Education funding and apprenticeships, and the government's green paper on pension and savings tax relief.

The SMF respond to Budget 2015 by saying that while Osborne's Budget didn’t contain the expected pre-election giveaways, it was most certainly aimed at the voting public.

A new report, 'Riders on the Storm: Britain’s middle income households since 2007', launched by the Social Market Foundation on Monday 7th April, suggests that the squeeze on living standards is being exaggerated.

The Social Market Foundation's response to the 2014 Budget statement.

Following the Public Accounts Committee report into private contractors and public spending, Social Market Foundation Research Director and author of a forthcoming SMF report on the use of private contractors in reoffender rehabilitation services, Nigel Keohane sets out his thoughts on the need for transparency and honesty in contracting out public services.

A revolution in retail banking is needed to drive competition and innovation says the Social Market Foundation in its report, Branching Out: the evolution of retail banking, supported by Barclays.

A new phase of radical education reform is needed to end Britain’s educational divide by opening up independent schools to the most disadvantaged, and by charging affluent parents who want to send their children to popular state schools, says the UK’s most prominent headteacher, Anthony Seldon, in a new report published by the Social Market Foundation today.