Reality check: Fixing the UK's tax system
March 2010
Reform's report on tax policy argues that tax rises - necessary to fix the disastrous public finances - must be done in the least economically damaging way possible. More
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The front line
December 2009
Reform's report argues that the front line of public services needs to change to tackle the deficit More
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Road to recovery
October 2009
Reform's report on the future of UK infrastructure More
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Tackling the fiscal crisis: A recovery plan for the UK
September 2009
A pamphlet by Vince Cable MP looking at how to tackle the deficit by reducing public spending. More
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A dangerous consensus
September 2009
A paper by Nicholas Boys Smith on the right reaction to the banking crisis More
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Any time, any place, any way
August 2009
Reform's short paper on transport infrastructure More
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Productive parents
July 2009
Reform's review of maternity and paternity arrangements proposes a flat payment per family and equal leave entitlement for mothers and fathers More
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Back to black
April 2009
Reform's Budget 2009 paper More
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2010: the year of competition
December 2009
Reform's look at competition policy argues Government policy has weakened competition, and that this must be restored as an essential plank of the UK's return to economic growth More
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Competition in the media: G-Forces
February 2009
An essay by Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent at the Financial Times, argues that competition in the media has been shaped by a succession of “G-forces” that have pushed the industry into a “trajectory of giddy acceleration”. More
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The credit crunch explained: How overregulation could threaten economic recovery
January 2009
Nicholas Boys Smith, Consultant Director of Reform, looks at the reasons behind the credit crunch and warns against knee-jerk overregulation. More
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Personal capability: the alternative to nationalising risk
December 2008
A timely look at factors shaping the public’s ability to take financial risk decisions, and argues that the very government regulation that is supposed to protect consumers might actually be quietly harming their ability to assess risk. More
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The hole we are in and how to get out of it
November 2008
Reform's look at the public finances, exploring the dangers of fiscal stimulus and examining how a programme of public sector reform, combined with increased productivity in the private sector and for individuals, will lead the way out of recession. More
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Financial capability can deliver social mobility
November 2008
A response to a Reform seminar on financial capability and social mobility with Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary. More
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Money's too tight to mention: will the IPOD generation ever trust financial services?
October 2008
The IPOD generation of 18-34 year-olds in the UK are not only faced with an increasingly difficult economic situation, they also live in an ever more complex world of financial products from which they have to decipher the best ones to help them succeed. More
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Shifting the unequal state: From public apathy to personal capability
April 2008
The report shows that the UK is the “divided society” of Europe. This not only has a negative social impact but a large economic cost of wasted talent - up to £32bn per year or £1,300 for each household. More
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Eco towns – The zero evidence footprint
March 2008
Reform’s briefing note on eco towns strongly recommends that the Government provide full costings and examine alternatives to the eco towns proposal. More
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A lost decade: Counting the opportunity cost of public spending 1999-2008
March 2008
The report shows that while the Government has pointed to strong growth during this period, 29 per cent of GDP growth has been generated by a bigger public sector. More
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Class of 2007: Inaction sinks the IPOD generation
October 2007
The report shows that while other countries are facing up to the economic challenge of ageing populations, the Government’s fiscal policies are mortgaging the future of a generation by failing to give young people room to invest in themselves. More
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Retreat from reform - The initial policy decisions of the new Government
July 2007
The report shows that initial decisions of Gordon Brown’s Government have put public service reform into retreat. Policy announcements on the NHS, education and housing will increase public spending, reduce its efficiency and increase taxes significantly. More
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Key policy lessons of the "Blair years" for future governments
June 2007
The report warns that no political leader should seek to be the "heir to Blair". Current public sector policies are based on rising public spending, taxation and central direction rather than reform. More
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UK growth and opportunity: the need for a fundamental reassessment
March 2007
The report warns that the UK is badly placed due to rising taxation and poor and inequitable education performance. The Treasury’s current thinking for this summer’s landmark Comprehensive Spending Review would make a grave situation worse. More
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Class of 2006: A lifebelt for the IPOD generation
September 2006
A new report and poll on the difficult economic position of young people in the UK. More
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Whitehall's last colonies: Breaking the cycle of collectivisation in the UK regions
July 2006
This report argues that, looking to 2010, the current policy outlook will not be sufficient to solve the public sector’s problems of performance and productivity before the next general election. More
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Class of 2005: The IPOD generation
August 2005
A report on the IPOD generation of 18-34 year olds - insecure, pressurised, over-taxed and debt-ridden. More
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Costing Britain - Falling productivity in the public sector
November 2004
The problems of British education are not due to lack of resources. Due to recent spending increases, Britain now spends more on education than the European average. Average spending per pupil is approaching that of independent schools. More
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A better way
April 2003
A Better Way was published in April 2003. It sets out proposals for structural reform of health, education and policing. More
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Spending without reform
June 2002
Reform established the Commission on the Reform of Public Services in February 2002. The government's mantra of "investment tied to reform" is acknowledgement that, without reform of the public sector, higher spending will be wasted. More
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