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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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Driving change in the bus market: lessons from London
The number of people taking the bus in the UK is declining almost universally. London is no exception, though its franchise system sees significantly more bus travel per person than any other area – over 250 journeys per year.
| Published: | 03 December 2019 |
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| Author: | Michael Waterson |
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Gender equality and the 100 year life
This is the second report of the series focusing on how the 100-year life may affect Britain’s society, economy and public services. This report focuses on gender equality and how policymakers can make the 100-year life work for women.
| Published: | 28 October 2019 |
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| Author: | Kathryn Petrie |
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Unfair, ineffective and unjustifiable: the case for ending imprisonment for Council Tax arrears in England
in this paper, Chris Daw QC sets out his argument for an end to laws allowing for the imprisonment of people with council tax debts in England.
| Published: | 18 September 2019 |
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| Author: | Chris Daw QC |
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Looked After Children the Silent Crisis Update
This Social Market Foundation (SMF) update assesses the current standard of care provision for looked-after children in England.
| Published: | 12 August 2019 |
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| Author: | Matthew Oakley |
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Health, care and the 100-year life
A child born today has a one in three chance of living to 100. This is the first in a series of reports focusing on how the 100-year life may affect Britain’s society, economy and public services. This report focuses on health, care and medicine.
| Published: | 17 July 2019 |
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| Author: | Kathryn Petrie |
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Uncollected tax revenue – who is underpaying and what we should do about it
Dr Arun Advani, University of Warwick, has produced a paper on audits and tax revenue, as part of the SMF’s partnership with the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
| Published: | 11 June 2019 |
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| Author: | Arun Advani |
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National Health Servers: delivering digital health for all
This research considers how technology could be adopted quicker and more widely by the NHS to improve the care that patients receive and to drive better health outcomes. The report’s...
| Published: | 13 May 2019 |
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| Author(s): | Kathryn Petrie, Nigel Keohane |
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Tech in the Town
This report explores the role that Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies can play in improving the UK’s urban areas and local public services. It is the third in a series of SMF reports on 4IR, kindly supported by Vodafone.
| Published: | 13 May 2019 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
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Designing a Dementia Fund
Over 850,000 people in the UK are living with dementia. The current health and social care system treats dementia very differently to other health conditions. This report sets out how a Dementia Fund, as suggested by Alzheimer’s Society, could be set up to cover the additional social care costs faced by people living with dementia.
| Published: | 08 May 2019 |
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| Author(s): | Kathryn Petrie, Nigel Keohane |