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Research - Public Interest - Labours think tank
www.smf.co.uk
‘The Social Market Foundation (SMF), an independent
thinktank, explores ideas that link the state and the market
to create the just, free and prosperous Britain of tomorrow.’
Social Market Foundation
11 Tufton Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 3QB
phone 020 7222
fax 020 7222
info@smf.co.uk
www.smf.co.uk
The Social Market Foundation is an independent public policy
think tank. It holds seminars and conferences and publishes
pamphlets and books, all of which aim to elucidate the idea
of the social market and explain why it is a fruitful source
of solutions for public policy problems. Market economies
must be social in two senses. First, no sophisticated economy
can exist without an overlapping network of institutions in
the public, private and voluntary sectors. Second, although
markets are the most powerful and effective means of allocating
resources yet devised, they can have unwanted social consequences
which necessitate public action. It is to this question, defining
the proper remit of the market and the state, that the work
of the Social Market Foundation is principally devoted.
The SMF was established in 1989 to provide a source of innovative
economic and social policy ideas. Steering an independent
course between political parties and conflicting ideologies,
the SMF has been an influential voice in recent health, education,
welfare and pensions policy reform. Our current work reflects
a commitment to understanding how individuals, society and
the state can work together to achieve the common goal of
creating a just and free society.
We are located in the heart of Westminster at 11 Tufton St.
Nearest Tubes are Westminster or St James' Park.
• David Lipsey (Chair)
• Philip Collins (Director)
• Anne Rossiter (Research Director)
• Jessica Asato (Researcher)
• Niall Maclean (Research Fellow)
• Johnny Williams (Researcher)
• Theo Blackwell (Targets Commission)
• Vidhya Alakeson (Life Chances resarcher)
• Robin Harding (Researcher)
• Valerie Johnson
• Jacqueline Cassidy (Conference Events Manager)
• Emma Carr (Events & Communications Officer)
• Ben Llewelyn (Company Secretary, Finance & Administration)
• Viscount Chandos
• Gavyn Davies
• David Edmonds
• John McFadden
• Baroness Noakes
• Brian Pomeroy
• Lord Flowers
• Rt Hon Lord Owen CH
• Lord Sainsbury of Turville
• Professor Lord Skidelsky
• Wendy Alexander
• Tim Allan
• Matthew d'Ancona
• Simon Crine
• Don Cruickshank
• Lord Dahrendorf
• Evan Davis
• Ed Davey
• Daniel Finkelstein
• Prof. Tony Giddens
• Liam Halligan
• Lord Haskins
• Deirdre Hutton
• Peter Lampl
• George Osborne MP
• Lord Parekh
• Trevor Philips
• Lord Plant
• James Purnell MP
• Sue Slipman
• Lord Stevenson
• Dr Wendy Thomson
• Stephen Twigg MP
• Andrew Tyrie MP
• Shriti Vadera
• David Willetts MP
The SMF has always believed in the importance of including
the private sector in our work. We are able to offer a way
in which leading companies can participate in on-going public
policy debates, through membership of our Business Forum.
Benefits include invitations to our extensive seminar and
events programme and multiple copies of our publications.
We also organize a series of private events for Forum members.
Recent Business Forum events include lunches with Evan Davis
of the BBC, Oliver Letwin MP and Charles Kennedy MP and seminars
with Stephen Twigg MP and DerekHiggs. The next event is a
lunch with Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, hosted
by our chair, David Lipsey, in the House of Lords.
Membership of the Business Forum also provides the opportunity
to extend networks of contacts within Westminster and leading
public and private sector companies and also to benefit from
the research knowledge and experience of the Social Market
Foundation. Business Forum annual membership is £10,000
(+ VAT) and further information is available from Philip Collins
on pcollins@smf.co.uk
Current members are:
Barclays Bank; British American Tobacco; BNFL; Boots; BP Amoco;
BUPA;Centrica; Deloitte and Touche; Finance & Leasing
Association; Fujitsu; Guidance Accreditation Board; GlaxoSmithKline;
Go-Ahead Group; Marks & Spencer; Merck, Sharp, Dohme;
ntl; Provident Financial; Safeway; Sainsburys;Shell; Sugar
Bureau; Sun Microsystems; T-Mobile; Thames Water; Vodafone
and the University for Industry.
Vidhya Alakeson (Life Chances resarcher)
Vidhya Alakeson
Vidhya joined the SMF as Research Fellow in April 2004, working
on life chances and early years. She was previously Principal
Policy Advisor at the sustainable development organisation
Forum for the Future and before that worked at Policy Network
and the Foreign Policy Centre. She was educated at Oxford
University and the London School of Economics .
Vidhya's main research interests are in the fields of education,
migration, sustainable development and new technologies. Her
most recent publication is "Making the Net Work: Sustainable
development in the digital society", Xeris 2003.
Our plans for party conference season are well underway, but
there are still opportunities to work with us on our well-respected
programme of activities.
We are looking for partners to work with us on fringe events
on topics including: education, skills agenda, life chances,
health, public sector targets, poverty, pay,reinventing government,
corporate governance, communications, gambling, localism,regulation
and immigration.
We are also seeking sponsorship for our SMF/Think While You
Drink Party, which is a must-attend event of conference!
If you would like to know more, please contact Jacqueline
Cassidy at
SMF @ Conferences
The Social Market Foundation will be hosting fringe events
at all the main party conferences this Autumn.
? TUC Conference (Brighton, 13 - 16 September 2004)
? Liberal Democrat Party Conference (Bournemouth, 19 - 23
September 2004)
? Labour Party Conference (Brighton, 26 - 30 September 2004)
? Conservative Party Conference (Bournemouth, 4 - 7 October
2004)
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