Does living wage make up for tax credits cuts? We find that by 2020/21 families will still be worse off #Budget2015
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Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
- 🚨OUT NOW: Housing makes Brits worse off than Americans, research shows @jwhandley17’s new briefing shows that Brits spend more on housing than Americans but get much smaller homes for their money, contributing to a stark gap in living standards
- Here is the final report of the SMF's Commission on Inequality in Education, chaired by @nick_clegg #SMFeducation smf.co.uk/publications/c…
- 🚨OUT TODAY: Stronger protections for renters won’t drive landlords out of the market Fears that stricter regulations - like those in the Renters (Reform) Bill - will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown. 👉smf.co.uk/publications/a…
- For the full speech by Rt. Hon David Gauke MP, Secretary of State for Justice, calling for an evidence-led approach to sentencing to tackle reoffending @jameskirkup @DavidGauke @MoJGovUK bit.ly/DavidGaukeSpee…
- 🚨OUT TODAY: Immigration at 1 million could become new normal for UK. In this new report, @JTmigratory argues that British politics and policy need to be better prepared for an era of high migration flows. Read the report here:
- 🆕 Could "giving cash" be a more efficient and more dignified alternative to providing benefits in-kind? 💡 In a new briefing, @aveek18 makes the case for cash benchmarking across Whitehall, following the food parcel delivery scandal last month.
- 🚨OUT NOW: New Towns can help solve the UK housing crisis, says Labour PPC @chriscurtis94 In his new essay, Curtis calls on his party to build more places like his constituency and home town Milton Keynes - to unlock new and genuinely affordable homes.
- NEW | 1.7 million low paid workers will miss out on the new National Living Wage smf.co.uk/press-release-…
- 🚨OUT NOW: Politicians must overcome ‘nanny state’ worries to improve public health 1/5 New research shows interventionist public health policies restricting access to harmful products, such as taxes or bans, are more effective than educational campaigns
- 🚨 Decades of reforms have failed disabled people, their families & communities. ⚠️ There are 1.8 million more people in poverty living in a family with a disabled person than 15 years ago. 📕 Read our new report, from @MJ_Oakley, supported by @scope ▶️ smf.co.uk/publications/t…
GIF - 🚨OUT TODAY: First-of-its-kind research exposes glaring inequalities in young people’s access to knowledge of the education system and careers, threatening equal opportunity for all 🧵For the first time, we have identified 'assumed knowledge' among young people.
- "An update of the Gambling Act is long overdue in order to protect individuals and families that are harmed by gambling. The evidence is mounting that there is no economic case against radical action." SMF's @jake_sheps writes for today's @timesredbox thetimes.co.uk/article/gambli…
- At least 50% of all #startup ideas come from past employment. We'd ban non-compete clauses to help #entrepreneurship
