Our Director Paul Hackett was interviewed twice on the BBC on 30th March 2016 to discuss a survey the Institute has conducted looking at the employee perspective on productivity: Today programme at 21:35 - listen here 5 Live Breakfast at 2:42:40 - listen here The survey was commissioned by Prospect, USDAW, BECTU, Community, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, FDA … [Read more...]
Britons working longer hours with no gain in productivity, study finds
The Guardian's economic correspondent Philip Inman wrote exclusively ahead of the release of a report describing the findings of a survey the Institute was commissioned to conduct. The full article can be viewed here … [Read more...]
The Smith Institute at the 2016 Party Conferences
The Smith Institute will be hosting fringe events at the Labour, Conservative and SNP conferences. Join us for informed debate on issues from housing to pension funds and productivity to consumer rights. … [Read more...]
Staffing crisis gathers pace across the public sector warns UNISON
On its website, UNISON quoted the results of a survey we carried out, From pay squeeze to a staffing crisis, into the growing problems in the NHS and local councils across the UK … [Read more...]
Productivity at work – the missing link
A new report published by the IPA, 'Involvement and Productivity - The missing piece of the puzzle', features a chapter by the Institute's director, Paul Hackett, discussing our ongoing work on productivity. … [Read more...]
Never mind the custom build, where’s the support for community build?
The Institute's director, Paul Hackett, writes for New Start magazine on the prospects for community-led housing following the publication of our research report, Local Housing, Community Living. … [Read more...]
Missing Voters – in the Scottish Parliament
Smith Institute report 10 million missing voters leads to a debate in the Scottish Parliament on the subject of electoral enrolment. … [Read more...]
Community living
The Institute's director, Paul Hackett, writes for Inside Housing on our report Local Housing, Community Living and the prospects for community-led housing. … [Read more...]
Community-led housing could curb NIMBYISM
Quoting key findings of our report Local Housing, Community Living, Mark Lawrence writes in 24dash.com that community-led housing could be the end of NIMBYISM … [Read more...]