Tag Archives: Politics and Philosophy

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,...

In a briefing out today, Jonathan Thomas, SMF Senior Fellow and migration expert, says that Labour’s plans “represent the best opportunity for balancing refugees’ need for protection with states’ and...

Around 95% of all chicken eaten in the UK is factory farmed. SMF analysis shows that the number of factory farmed chickens consumed annually could rise to more than 1.2...

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...

A report of the first meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Best Brexit. The meeting took place on Monday 14 November 2016 at Committee Room 6, House of Commons.

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.

This is an intensely political Autumn Statement with an economic argument behind it. The future course of deficit reduction is specifically designed in order to underline the Conservatives’ long term...

British consumers want better business behaviours in financial services and would be willing to switch provider to get it, according to exclusive polling in a new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF).

In the lead up to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, SMF's new briefing reveals the scale of the deficit waiting for the next Government with entirely new numbers.