Toby Helm, political editor of The Observer, writing about the forthcoming election quoted from The Smith Institute report Poverty in suburbia. … [Read more...]
Construction leaders urged to tackle gender inequality
The Smith Institute Report Building the future: women in construction was quoted in Inside Housing. … [Read more...]
Women in Construction: Time to think differently – report launch and debate
In Construction News, March 2014, director of Mace Barbara Welch commented on our report on women in construction and outlined her own ideas for improving diversity in the construction industry. … [Read more...]
Hi-tech, multi-skilled construction industry needs more women
Writing in The Guardian, the Smith Institute's director Paul Hackett considered how women work in the construction industry. 'Construction remains a 'no-go' area for women', he said, 'who make up only 11% of its workforce – but things are changing' … [Read more...]
More jobs aren’t enough – we need better jobs too
Ed Sweeney, author of the Smith Institute report Making Work Better, writing in the New Statesman March 2014, said 'for the majority of people, fair pay, flexible working patterns and genuine work-life balance remain an illusion'. … [Read more...]
Industry ‘treading on eggshells’ with green lobbying
In Building.co.uk Vern Pitt reported on the Smith Institute director Paul Hackett's speech at Ecobuild, where he discussed the merits of forced upgrading of homes to a minimum standard of energy performance. … [Read more...]
Working women: Britain moving backwards on equality
The Voice of Russia UK quoted the director of the Smith Institute, Paul Hackett, in an article on female employment. … [Read more...]
Social cleansing is back under Tory mayor who favours homes for oligarchs over local needs
In an article on the London Labour website on London's housing crisis, Andrew Dismore AM quoted parts of the The Smith Institute's 2012 report London for sale? … [Read more...]
The new localists?
Paul Hackett, director of The Smith Institute, in Public Finance in February 2014 … [Read more...]