Category Archives: Media Release
Press & Media
The computer says ‘no’: SMF response to NAO Universal Credit report
SMF Deputy Director Nigel Keohane responds to a new report from the National Audit Office on the progress of the Government’s flagship welfare reform programme.
Published: | 05 September 2013 |
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Press Release: Former DWP Secretary – personalised welfare to restore middle-class support for social security and boost savings
Radical thinking is required to restore public support for the welfare state and get people saving adequately, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Lord John Hutton claims in the foreword to the SMF think tank’s new publication Beveridge Rebooted.
Published: | 15 August 2013 |
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Press Release: ‘Payment-by-results’ proposals to reduce reoffending will penalise success, think tank finds
The Government’s plans to introduce ‘payment-by-results’ into the probation system risk backfiring because their proposals mean that private and third sector organisations are in danger of losing money if they try to cut re-offending, new analysis finds today (Friday 9 August).
Published: | 08 August 2013 |
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Big hurdles to be overcome if Social Impact Bonds to move from margins of public services, says think tank
Harnessing private cash to finance public services via ‘Social Impact Bonds’ could be an important way to boost innovation in these services but is unlikely to appeal to mainstream investors because of the impossibly high risks they would have to shoulder, new SMF research reveals today (Wednesday 31 July).
Published: | 31 July 2013 |
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Growth, but not the right kind
Predicting the UK’s growth trajectory has become a notoriously tricky game. When the coalition came to power, the OBR was expecting to see the economy start recovering during 2010, and growth of 2.8% in 2012. Instead, GDP barely grew at all in that year.
Published: | 25 July 2013 |
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Work Programme performance improved but providers still risk contract termination
New official figures on the second year of the Government's flagship back-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, demonstrate that while performance is greatly improved on the first year, many providers are still at risk of contract termination due to under-performance against arbitrary DWP criteria, according to the Social Market Foundation.
Published: | 27 June 2013 |
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Press & Media
Work Programme statistics: initial reaction
SMF initial reaction to the Work Programme statistics, published on 27 June 2013.
Published: | 27 June 2013 |
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Spending Review 2013: Response from the Social Market Foundation
The Social Market Foundation responds to Spending Review 2013, which was predominantly about departmental spending in the 2015-16 fiscal year. The SMF argues that what it actually tells us most about is how tough politics is about to become.
Published: | 26 June 2013 |
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Press Release: Interpreting Work Programme performance (SMF Briefing Paper)
On Thursday 27 June the Government will release the latest performance figures on its flagship back-to-work scheme, the Work Programme. This short briefing explores the likely performance levels we will see ifrom the second year of the scheme.
Published: | 25 June 2013 |
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