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Public Services
Strong public services are vital in a social market economy, but what they deliver matters much more than who delivers it. Our work is about understanding how to reform and modernise those services to deliver the greatest benefit to society.
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More With Less – rethinking public service delivery
Public service reform has been on the agenda for years. But in the times of plenty, it has lacked the urgency or coherence that today's fiscal situation demands. This paper argues for a market-based approach to public service delivery.
| Published: | 04 April 2011 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, Barney Gough |
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Budget 2011 (SMF Briefing Paper)
As the dust begins to settle on the Government’s much anticipated budget for growth, the Social Market Foundation brings you analysis and comment on some of the major announcements made by George Osborne today.
| Published: | 23 March 2011 |
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| Author: | Ian Mulheirn |
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The commission on long-term care funding: A roundtable summary
This brief summarises the discussion at the roundtable, which included members of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, the Wanless Review of Social Care and the Pensions Commission.
| Published: | 19 July 2010 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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Axing and Taxing: How to cut the deficit
This paper spells out the full range of measures necessary to fix the deficit over the next six years, by cutting public spending and raising taxes in a way that exemplifies social market priorities.
| Published: | 11 June 2010 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, David Furness |
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Roads to Recovery: Reducing congestion through shared ownership
To overcome the political objections to road user charging this report recommends a 'voucher mutualisation' of the Strategic Roads Network.
| Published: | 09 April 2010 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, David Furness |
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Prison Break: Tackling recidivism, reducing costs
A radical new approach to tackle re-offending with much less public money is needed in the decade to come. This publications sets out just such an approach.
| Published: | 21 March 2010 |
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| Author(s): | Barney Gough, Ian Mulheirn, Verena Menne |
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Childcare Vouchers: Who Benefits? An Assessment of Evidence from the Family Resources Survey
How do vouchers fit in with other forms of childcare support that are available? How many people claim them in the UK? Are they typically rich professionals,or are voucher users representative of all socio-economic groups? How much does the policy cost the Government and how much will the recently proposed reforms save? All these questions and more are answered in this important and timely evidence paper.
| Published: | 29 January 2010 |
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| Author: | Joanna Konings |
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Forecasting Independence: Taking the politics out of fiscal projections
This paper argues that the most appropriate reform to the institutions of fiscal policymaking would be the creation of an independent Office for Fiscal Analysis (OFA), separated from fiscal decision-makers in government, that would undertake all official fiscal projections.
| Published: | 08 December 2009 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, James Lloyd |
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From Feast to Famine: Reforming the NHS for an age of austerity
The report examines whether new measures should be taken to manage demand for health services to relieve pressure on the NHS.
| Published: | 20 July 2009 |
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| Author(s): | Barney Gough, David Furness |