This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at improving access to pensions advice and guidance. In our latest report, A Guiding Hand, the SMF finds that Brits are woefully unprepared to be able to achieve their desired retirement standard of living. The lack of high-quality support is set to create an...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at expanding the role of banks and building societies in supporting financial resilience. The pandemic has exacerbated existing financial inequalities in the UK and weakened financial resilience, especially among the most vulnerable people. This briefing explores the role of the retail banking sector in...

This report from UK think tank Social Market Foundation looks at new evidence on the attitudes of home heat installers towards decarbonisation and heat pumps. Getting to net zero crucially means replacing millions of those fossil-fuel burning gas boilers with something else, like a heat pump. But is the workforce prepared for this monumental task?...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at poverty in London and the role of business in helping tackle it. This report calls attention to the scale of in-work poverty in the UK and London today, what drives it, and the impact it has. It is a part of a wider...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at three ways to ensure efficient use of increased funding for public services. What does 'public service reform' look like in the 2020s? This briefing from the Social Market Foundation considers three ways the Government might seek to ensure increased funding for public services...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at improving criminal justice outcomes for ethnic minorities. This report from the UK think tank Social Market Foundation looks into the experiences of ethnic minority individuals in the criminal justice system. In this briefing, Dr Aveek Bhattacharya gets to the heart of a really...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at trends and policy options for addressing teenage obesity. This briefing from the UK think tank Social Market Foundation looks into the trends and policy options for addressing teenage obesity. The Government's ambitions for addressing childhood obesity aren't necessarily matched by its policies. In...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. This provocation paper explores the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. It demonstrates that specialist retirement housing brings with it a range of benefits to government, retirees and...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the needs and preferences of those who work in the gig economy. This report from the UK think tank Social Market Foundation looks into the experiences of those working in the gig economy. The gig economy is one of the most debated changes...