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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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Osborne’s Choice: Combining fiscal credibility and growth
This paper makes the case for bringing forward the unidentified £15bn of austerity measures that have to be made in the next parliament, and spending the extra £50bn this would save over four years to simulate the economy and cut unemployment.
| Published: | 19 February 2012 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, Dan Corry, Evan Davis, Gavyn Davies, Gerald Holtham, Richard Lambert |
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A Better Beginning: Easing the cost of childcare
This paper proposes an entirely new policy - a National Childcare Contribution Scheme – to help parents manage the high costs of childcare over a number of years.
| Published: | 07 February 2012 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, Jeff Masters, Ryan Shorthouse |
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The Parent Trap: Illustrating the growing costs of childcare
The paper demonstrates how childcare affordability has deteriorated and will continue to decline in the years ahead.
| Published: | 28 November 2011 |
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| Author(s): | Ian Mulheirn, Ryan Shorthouse |
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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 |