In an interview with Robert Booth of The Guardian, shadow housing minister, John Healey MP, refers to our report, High Aspirations, Sound Foundations, and his estimate that 100,000 homes a year could be built by 2020, which could lead to long-term benefit savings. … [Read more...]
Shortages of skilled NHS staff could “easily become a catastrophe,” Smith Institute says
The website BMJ Careeers carried a report by Matthew Limb on the launch of our study From pay squeeze to a staffing crisis … [Read more...]
NHS trusts report staff shortages worst in specialist roles
Nicola Merrifield, reporting in Nursing Times and referring to our research, From pay squeeze to a staffing crisis, notes that staff shortages in specialist and experienced roles (including nursing) are being felt across nearly 80% of NHS trusts. … [Read more...]
Britain for sale
Monday 23rd may 16:30, Central London The event will see the launch of a collection of essays examining the costs and benefits of foreign ownership. The launch will discuss whether the scale and type of foreign ownership in the UK matters? What are the positive and negative experiences of foreign ownership in the cities and regions? Are there longer term strategic, … [Read more...]
LOCAL HOUSING, COMMUNITY LIVING: PROSPECTS FOR SCALING UP AND SCALING OUT COMMUNITY-LED HOUSING
Date: Tuesday 26th January 2016 Time: 1615hrs for 1630hrs until 1800hrs Venue: Houses of Parliament Topic: The event will provide the opportunity to discuss a major new piece of research by the Institute examining the prospects for scaling up and scaling out community-led housing. Based on over 40 in-depth interviews, surveys and discussions the report sets out the … [Read more...]
Policy agenda
The Smith Institute works across a range of policy issues such as: Housing … [Read more...]
Labour downs a deadly cocktail of fatalism, fury and fantasy
Our report Red Alert: Why Labour lost was quoted by Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer's chief political writer, in a piece on the future of the Labour party. … [Read more...]
As Blair warns Labour has rediscovered losing, are its 2020 election chances slipping away?
City AM questioned whether Labour's election chances in 2020 are slipping away - The Smith Institute's Head of Research Paul Hunter sets out why this isn't (yet) the case. … [Read more...]
Labour can come back from the brink. But it seems to lack the will to do so
Our post-election report Red Alert: Why Labour lost is quoted by Martin Kettle in his column for The Guardian. … [Read more...]