
This report outlines a fresh approach to national unemployment insurance, in which people can insure themselves against loss of income due to unemployment. It builds on the conceptual framework set out in the Social Market Foundation's earlier report Anglo-flexicurity: A safety net for UK workers. Read more...
On Thursday 21st May the SMF held an event, kindly supported by Just Retirement, at which Lord McKenzie of Luton, Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions spoke about the government's position on annuities. - Read more...
“On Wednesday the 20th May the Social Market Foundation launched its latest publication ‘Anglo-Flexicurity: Insuring Against Unemployment in the UK’. Speaking at the event were the report’s author Dr Henry Kippin; Francesca Arcidiaco, Vice-President Government Relations Europe for Genworth Financial and Professor Robert Shiller, renowned economist and author of ‘The Subprime Solution’ and ‘Animal Spirits’. - Read more...
8am-9am, Friday 12th June
Jury's Inn, No. 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool, L3 4FN (directly opposite the conference centre)
The Social Market Foundation is holding an exclusive breakfast roundtable during the NHS Confederation Conference in Liverpool. Taking advantage of this gathering of key stakeholders we would like to discuss issues relating to preventative healthcare and in particular the role of pharmacies in delivering public health interventions.