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The Government’s plans to introduce ‘payment-by-results’ into the probation system risk backfiring because their proposals mean that private and third sector organisations are in danger of losing money if they try to cut re-offending, new analysis finds today (Friday 9 August).

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.

The Social Market Foundation has appointed Emran Mian to take over as Director when Ian Mulheirn leaves the think tank in August.

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 Thursday 27 June the Government will release the latest performance figures on its flagship back-to-work scheme, the Work Programme. This short briefing explores the likely performance levels we will see ifrom the second year of the scheme.

The Government should adopt a radical new model of unemployment support combining retirement and rainy-day savings, underpinned by the power of social relationships, the Social Market Foundation think tank claims today (Monday 17 June).