Tag Archives: Public Services

This Social Market Foundation pre-Autumn Statement briefing looks at the Chancellor's plan to target a surplus on the current structural budget and explores alternatives to cuts from 2017/18.

The ‘bank of mum and dad’ is a crucial source of welfare for people on low incomes and those not able to access it are at greater risk of isolation and poverty, the Social Market Foundation reveals today.

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.

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).

On 10 July the SMF hosted Andy Burnham and Stephen Dorrell to debate how Government can integrate health and social care. This page contains multimedia from the event, including audio clips, tweets and photographs.

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.

SMF initial reaction to the Work Programme statistics, published on 27 June 2013.

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.

On Monday the Government launches Universal Credit, its flagship benefits scheme. What should we look out for?