Latest Publications
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.
Latest Publications:
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Who Shares Wins? Transforming the public services with intelligent information
This report draws on a range of domestic and international evidence, and contributions from across the public sector, to explore and suggest policy solutions to the following potentially problematic areas.
| Published: | 18 October 2006 |
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| Author(s): | Claudia Wood, Alexander Issac |
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Returning to its Roots: A new role for the third sector in probation
The report also explores how the reform and improvement agenda, involving an increased role for the third sector, could be taken forward. This includes an assessment of the current barriers and challenges to reform, particularly around procurement capacity, commissioning and a level playing field.
| Published: | 13 September 2006 |
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| Author: | Natalie Tarry |
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Looked After or Overlooked? Good parenting and school choice for looked after children
This publications explores educational reforms that aim to place greater control in the hands of parents and increase choice within the school system, arguing they risk overlooking Looked After Children, or even increasing current disadvantage.
| Published: | 07 September 2006 |
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| Author: | Julian Le Grand |
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Science, Risk and the Media: Do the front pages reflect reality?
This collection of transcripts highlights the main issues surrounding this debate, as well as making recommendations for improving communication for policy makers, the media, scientists and the public.
| Published: | 03 March 2006 |
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| Author: | Jaqueline Cassidy |
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Implementing the 10-Year Childcare Strategy
In 2005, the Social Market Foundation, in partnership with Bright Horizons Family Solutions, hosted two seminars exploring the implications of the government's 10 Year Strategy for childcare in the UK. This publications summarises the discussions which took place, representing an important contribution to the ongoing discussions around the Strategy.
| Published: | 21 February 2006 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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Charging Ahead? Spreading the costs of modern public services
This report outlines the current pattern of co-payment in the UK and debates whether there is a case for introducing or extending co-payment into new areas of public service provision.
| Published: | 14 February 2006 |
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| Author: | Jessica Asato |
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Registering Choice: How primary care should change to meet patient needs
In this paper Professor Corrigan explains why patient demand must be organised more effectively to trigger new and different forms of primary care.
| Published: | 13 December 2005 |
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| Author: | Paul Corrigan |
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No More School Run
This paper argues that we should introduce a dedicated school bus network of the type used in North America, whilst examining the educational, environmental and social benefits that would result from a network of dedicated school buses in the UK.
| Published: | 21 June 2005 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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News Broadcasting in the Digital age – The need for PSB genre licences
This publications sets out the argument for the introduction of 'genre' licences, providing commercial broadcasters with the opportunity to bid for financial support to provide specific public service broadcasting (PSB) programming, specifically news programmes, paid for by 'top-slicing' the BBC licence fee.
| Published: | 14 February 2005 |
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| Author: | Ann Rossiter |