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Thursday 15 December 2011
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander have given keynote speeches at today's 'Risk and Reward' conference on social impact bonds.
- Read more...Plan B in all but name? Today’s Autumn Statement by the Chancellor saw a slew of policy announcements, from tax credit cuts to a national infrastructure plan. - Read more...
Thursday 23 February 2012, 12:30 - 13:30
SMF, 11 Tufton St, Westminster, SW1P 3QB
The SMF are delighted to welcome the London School of Economics' Tim Besley for our first Chalk+Talk of 2012.
High-quality, affordable formal childcare is critical for children's development and parental employment, bringing significant private and public benefits. In this analysis, the SMF explores the changing level of financial support and the rising cost of formal childcare between 2006-07 – the high-water mark of public financial support for childcare – and 2015-16. The paper demonstrates how childcare affordability has deteriorated and will continue to decline in the years ahead.
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The Social Market Foundation was founded in late 1989, as state socialism collapsed in Europe. Today, a global economic crisis has brought us to another fork in the road. We face economic stagnation and a heavy burden of government debt. The consequences of the crash will reverberate for years to come and the relationship between the state and the market will inevitably be redefined. But how? With essays from Lord Skidelsky, Dieter Helm and John Kay.
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The Government's flagship back to work scheme, the Work Programme (WP), is the most ambitious payment-by-results scheme ever launched in the UK, aiming to help 2.4 million long-term unemployed people find work over the next seven years. In it, private and not-for-profit providers will be paid for each jobseeker they get back into work. This analysis examines the future viability of the Work Programme.
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