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Streamlining public services with AI is no longer optional — it's essential. The SMF backs efforts to boost efficiency and free up civil servant time, including in prisons, as supported by the Independent Sentencing Review. 📄 In the Blink of an AI 🔗 smf.co.uk/publications/a…

Is it time to expand Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) - and if so, what's the best way to capture the windfall? 🤔 📽️ Watch Researchers @Jake_Sheps and Barney Dowling explain the findings of their latest report, The price is right 📑 Read the report: smf.co.uk/publications/t…

Our water system is at a tipping point, and a rising block tariff would be transformative💧 ✍️ Read Sam Robinson and Niamh O Regan's latest Op-Ed in The House magazine. politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Apprenticeship Budget Exceeds £3 Billion, Level 7 Apprenticeship Funding Restrictions Finally Announced | Sector Reaction, comments from: David Hughes CBE Association of Colleges (AoC) Social Market Foundation Youth Futures Foundation #Apprenticeship Funding to be redirected to 21 and under. fenews.co.uk/skills/apprent…

As the Gov’t considers more welfare spending, questions arise about the Chancellor’s fiscal rules 💷📉 Earlier this year, we recommended: 🏠 Tax on second homes 📉 Replace the triple lock 🎰 Remote Gambling Duty Read more 👇 🔗 smf.co.uk/commentary_pod…

📻 Theo Bertram tells Times Radio that Gov't should be more assertive about it's choices so it can better sahpe public opinion

Good to see Gordon Brown back a gambling levy to help the Gov’t meet fiscal rules. We’ve argued that a Remote Gambling Duty could raise £4.4bn in 5 years.🎲 Blog👉 : smf.co.uk/commentary_pod…

We welcome the Gov't announcement of new measures to increase training opportunities for young people - a cause the SMF has long argued for. Read Dani 's full reaction below: gov.uk/government/new…

UK immigration policy is undergoing significant changes, as ministers are rethink how people earn the right to settle, and when. Migration expert JonathanThomas's latest explores the politics at play in the 'ILR emergency' and what the future might hold. 🧐smf.co.uk/commentary_pod…

My thoughts for Social Market Foundation on a key issue raised in recent UK Govt White paper on Immigration: - why is the Govt seeking to extend the qualifying period for permanent settlement in the UK? - why is Angela Rayner so interested? - and how to respond to this?

Jake Shepherd of the Social Market Foundation explains that windfall profits that retailers would receive if MUP was implemented across Great Britain would be around £665 million.

What is MUP? Who does it target? What is its impact on people with dependence and those on low incomes? And how could England improve on Scotland's policy? Our latest film - Minimum Unit Pricing: Explained - discusses all. youtube.com/watch?v=M3EXGh…