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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.
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@smfthinktank.bsky.social📣Speaker announcement📣
Professor @helenmargetts.bsky.social, Professor of Society and the Internet at Oxford, joins our panel on governing the regulatory system: coherence, capacity and participation.
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
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Kindly sponsored by Meta
@jtmigratory.bsky.socialReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialMy new paper out today: www.smf.co.uk/wp-content/u...
'Inside Out: Why and how falling immigration numbers could result in increasing political and public tensions and divisions over immigration in the UK'
@beckymontacute.bsky.socialReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialWe have a new briefing out today from @jtmigratory.bsky.social (SMF Senior Fellow and expert on all things immigration) on the future of the UK's immigration debate -
@smfthinktank.bsky.social📣Speaker announcement📣
What does "regulating for growth" mean? Is it an oxymoron?
Baroness Hayter, Chair of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee, opens our conference with Meta in a fireside chat with Lord Willetts.
📅 21 Oct, Westminster
✍️Sign-up: luma.com/4o1lirnw
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialThe Home Office expects 1.6m settlement grants in the UK in 2026-2030, peaking at around 450,000 in 2028.
In a briefing out today, @jtmigratory.bsky.social explains how who gets to stay, rather than who arrives, will dominate the immigration debate going forward.
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialFalling net migration shifts the debate from who gets in to who gets to stay – settlement, welfare access and removals.
These issues touch people’s lives far more directly, warns SMF Senior Fellow @jtmigratory.bsky.social, making the debate more divisive, not less.
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
@beckymontacute.bsky.socialReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialThis is a great (and balanced in some tricky areas) piece from our Head of AI @sam-rob.bsky.social on some of the big issues facing Burnham's government on the technology -
@smfthinktank.bsky.social"AI’s honeymoon phase is over: as the capabilities and opportunities have grown, so have the risks."
Our Head of Artificial Intelligence, @sam-rob.bsky.social, on the big challenges facing Burnham's government when it comes to AI policy ⬇️
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialHow can the UK regulate for growth and innovation?
Join us and Meta for a half-day conference bringing together policymakers, regulators, industry and researchers to explore what pro-innovation regulation should look like in practice.
📍 Westminster
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@beckymontacute.bsky.socialReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialGreat new piece from @jamiegollings.bsky.social on the timing of state pensioner pay - which is every 4 weeks, when most bills are monthly ⬇️
@smfthinktank.bsky.social📆Pensioners are paid every 4 weeks, but most bills are monthly.
💸This mismatch can increase financial stress.
A “Pensioner Pay-Cycle Guarantee” could give more control by letting people align bills with their pension, explains SMF's @jamiegollings.bsky.social
www.smf.co.uk/opinion-and-...
@beckymontacute.bsky.socialReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialAnother interesting conversation, this time at Conservative party conference, on NEETs and young people's mental health - lots on the role of educational institutions, community, employers and government to support young people and on the importance of preventative care.
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialThat's a wrap on Conservative party conference and with it the SMF's conference season - a huge thank you to all our speakers and everyone that joined us this week for conversations on AI and skills, pensions and investment and NEETs and young people's mental health.
@drlukeevans.org.ukReposted by @smfthinktank.bsky.socialTo round off today I joined a Social Market Foundation panel on youth unemployment and how to tackle Labour’s NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) rise. It was encouraging to see an agreement across all areas that this needs to be addressed!
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialOur event programme at Conservative party conference has kicked off this morning with a timely discussion on pensions policy ⬇️
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialOn Monday afternoon at Conservative party conference we'll be discussing the NEET crisis, and how young people's mental health can be supported to help them into work ⬇️ In parternship with Policy@Manchester
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialJoin us tomorrow at Conservative party conference to explore how policy reforms such as the Fit for the Future regime, consolidation, and initiatives such as the Mansion House Accord could reshape investment - and how to build a credible pipeline of UK opportunities that work for pension schemes ⬇️
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialWe had a great time at Labour conference earlier this week. It was a jam-packed few days in Liverpool, with 11 events bringing together politicians, researchers and organisations to discuss some of the biggest policy questions facing Britain. A huge thank you to all of our speakers and partners.
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialJoin us at Conservative party conference next week for a discussion on how to widen access to AI skills, training and workplace progression - while boosting productivity and growth ⬇️ Kindly sponsored by Google
@smfthinktank.bsky.socialWe'll be at the Conservative party conference next week, with events on pensions investment, the AI skills gap and tackling the NEET crisis.
You can find our full programme here - www.smf.co.uk/party-confer...
