Tag Archives: Public Services

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1 in 5 people have been a victim of fraud in the last couple of years, international survey finds

The findings will be presented at the Global Fraud Summit 2024, a meeting hosted by the UK Government, bringing policymakers and officials from around the world to London to tackle...
Published: 12 March 2024
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SMF responds to Spring Budget 2024

Considering the Budget overall, SMF Director Aveek Bhattacharya said: “Today’s Budget was a relatively low key affair, with the notable exception of the national insurance cut. If anything, it demonstrated...
Published: 06 March 2024
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The Social Market Foundation appoints Theo Bertram as new Director

Theo Bertram said: “I’m delighted to join the SMF as its new Director. Over 35 years, the SMF has established a reputation at the centre of British politics as independent,...
Published: 27 February 2024
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Government urged to scrap £20bn New Hospital Programme and invest in specialist centres and GP-led care

The proposals come as part of a paper published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank by Nick Bosanquet, former Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College, and Andrew...
Published: 24 January 2024
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UK should follow Australian model to get better regulation

In a paper published today by the Social Market Foundation think tank, Stephen Gibson, Senior Fellow at Harvard’s School of Business and Government and Chair of the government’s Regulatory Policy...
Published: 12 December 2023
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‘Educators need to improve leadership quality or continue to lose talent’

A survey by the Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute – found that one in four (26%) of education leaders...
Published: 16 November 2023
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‘Hire business leaders to run Department of Health’

Lord Warner, a health minister under Tony Blair, has written a pamphlet for the Social Market Foundation warning that without dramatic change in management and structure, the NHS will inevitably...
Published: 16 July 2023
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Public sector workers in London more likely to be in poverty than in other parts of the UK

The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think-tank – has revealed today that nearly 1 in 10 (9.7%) London ‘public sector households’ (i.e. where at least one person works in...
Published: 07 June 2023
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Labour must regulate unhealthy habits to achieve its health mission

Today Keir Starmer pledged to “improve healthy life expectancy for all” and to “halve the inequality gap between different regions of England”, but the SMF, a cross-party think tank, argued...
Published: 22 May 2023
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