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:
Publication
Life beyond bars: Learning for life after prison
Education is central to prisoner rehabilitation, but take-up of it has been in decline and is still not back at even pre-pandemic levels. This paper discusses the current state of education in prisons, and why it is failing to deliver on its aims of supporting employment and reducing reoffending.
| Published: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Niamh O Regan |
Publication
Pay and Morale Survey 2023 – Headline Report February 2024
Low pay and poor conditions have resulted in workforce challenges across the public sector, and the police force is no exception. This report, written in partnership with the Police Federation of England and Wales, collates the views of 28,000 police officers to present insights into the state of pay and morale on the police force.
| Published: | 20 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Social Market Foundation, Police Federation of England and Wales |
Publication
What the NHS can and cannot learn from the Singaporean health care system
Singapore spends less on healthcare than the UK, and achieves remarkable health outcomes. Yet it is often unclear how far these lower costs are due to the design of their healthcare system as opposed to wider societal and cultural factors. This paper focuses specifically on primary care, and argues that Singaporean-style polyclinics and telemedicine could help drive efficiency in the UK, as they have done in Singapore
| Published: | 04 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Max Thilo |
Publication
Local heroes? Assessing leadership and management in local government
Local government plays a key role in delivering services to the public and developing local economies, and its role has evolved in recent years in response to a number of challenges. This report looks at the role of effective leadership and management in helping local government meet these challenges and the obstacles facing leaders and managers in local government.
| Published: | 25 January 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, Niamh O Regan |
Publication
A new lease of life: Three steps to success for the NHS
The crisis in the NHS, with unacceptable waiting lists and ever increasing emergency admissions, shows the current model is failing to meet modern healthcare needs. This briefing proposes a new model to increase efficiency, shifting care away from the district general hospital towards fewer, specialist teams, more neighbourhood care and greater transparency.
| Published: | 25 January 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Nick Bosanquet, Andrew Haldenby |
Publication
Roads to recovery: Exploring UK prison rehabilitation and its alternatives
One of the primary purposes of the UK prison system is to facilitate offender rehabilitation. However, inadequate support and high reoffending rates mean it may be failing to live up to that ideal. Drawing upon lessons from the Netherlands and Norway, this briefing highlights the potential benefits of alternative approaches to rehabilitation.
| Published: | 30 November 2023 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Jake Shepherd, Niamh O Regan |
Publication
Top of the class? Examining the state of leadership and management in education
Education is strongly linked with economic success, yet education quality in the UK lags behind many comparable countries. This report examines the central role that better leadership and management have to play in addressing this, and makes recommendations for how the government can improve the quality of leadership and management in the UK education system.
| Published: | 16 November 2023 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, Niamh O Regan |
Publication
A bitter taste? Exploring the political constraints on public health policies
This is the second of three papers exploring tobacco, alcohol, obesity and gambling policy. It explores the political opportunities and constraints around action on these issues, based on a review of polling evidence and interviews with policymakers involved in implementing major public health policies.
| Published: | 28 August 2023 |
|---|---|
| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, Khazna Chami |
Publication
Carrots and sticks: Can governments do without public health regulation?
This is the first of three papers exploring tobacco, alcohol, obesity and gambling policy. It compares different types of policy approach, and concludes that more ‘interventionist’ and apparently politically challenging measures, such as strict regulations on availability and taxes, tend to be more effective.
| Published: | 27 July 2023 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Aveek Bhattacharya |