https://powerbase.info/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Brenda+Steele&feedformat=atomPowerbase - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T19:58:18ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Dermot_Kehoe&diff=58364Dermot Kehoe2008-04-27T19:10:37Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Dermot Kehoe joined the Social Market Foundation from the BBC, where he had 8 years experience in Public Policy, Strategy and Communications. Dermot acted as Secretariat to the Iraq Commission, which included writing the report for the Foreign Policy Centre and Channel 4. He was previously a director at the Fabian Society specialising in Constitution Reform and Modernising Government. [http://www.smf.co.uk/dermot-kehoe.html]<br />
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#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk/dermot-kehoe.html] accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lord_David_Lipsey&diff=58360Lord David Lipsey2008-04-27T19:05:54Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>In 2001, the Social Market Foundation replaced its Tory-supporting chairman, Lord Skidelsky, with leading Labour peer Lord David Lipsey. Lipsey is the chairman of “Make My Vote Count”, and the commissioner of the Greyhound Racing Association. He is a controversial figure in the media daily.[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46]<br />
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#{{note|1}} The Observer, LexisNexis[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lord_David_Lipsey&diff=58358Lord David Lipsey2008-04-27T19:05:13Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>In 2001, the Social Market Foundation replaced its Tory-supporting chairman, Lord Skidelsky, with leading Labour peer Lord David Lipsey. Lipsey is the chairman of “Make My Vote Count”, and the commissioner of the Greyhound Racing Association. He is a controversial figure in the media daily.[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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#{{note|1}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46]<br />
"The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Roderick_Nye&diff=58357Roderick Nye2008-04-27T19:01:52Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Roderick Nye is one of the former directors of the Social Market Foundation. He was once the policy director for the Tories as well.[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} PR Week, LexisNexis[http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]"Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Roderick_Nye&diff=58356Roderick Nye2008-04-27T18:58:48Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Roderick Nye is one of the former directors of the Social Market Foundation. He was once the policy director for the Tories as well.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lord_David_Lipsey&diff=58355Lord David Lipsey2008-04-27T18:56:53Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>In 2001, the Social Market Foundation replaced its Tory-supporting chairman, Lord Skidelsky, with leading Labour peer Lord David Lipsey. Lipsey is the chairman of “Make My Vote Count”, and the commissioner of the Greyhound Racing Association. He is a controversial figure in the media daily.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58354Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:52:24Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Staff Blogs */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein. [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk]<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.” [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46]<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
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==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
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==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
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==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
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==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
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==Staff Blogs==<br />
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SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.” [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html]<br />
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==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
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==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
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==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.<br />
#{{note|14}} Employee Blog [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html] Giles, A. Senior Research Fellow, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58353Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:51:26Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein. [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk]<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.” [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46]<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
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==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
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==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
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==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
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==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
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==Staff Blogs==<br />
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SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.”<br />
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==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
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==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
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==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.<br />
#{{note|14}} Employee Blog [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html] Giles, A. Senior Research Fellow, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58352Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:46:42Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein. [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk]<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8]<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
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==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
<br />
A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Staff Blogs==<br />
<br />
SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.”<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.<br />
#{{note|14}} Employee Blog [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html] Giles, A. Senior Research Fellow, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58351Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:44:14Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein. [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk]<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Staff Blogs==<br />
<br />
SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.”<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.<br />
#{{note|14}} Employee Blog [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html] Giles, A. Senior Research Fellow, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58350Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:35:24Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
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==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
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==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
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==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
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==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
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==Staff Blogs==<br />
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SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.”<br />
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==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
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==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
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==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.<br />
#{{note|14}} Employee Blog [http://newliberal-giles.blogspot.com/2008/04/whispered-update-in-empty-room.html] Giles, A. Senior Research Fellow, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58349Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:32:54Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Other Staff */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
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==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
<br />
A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
<br />
Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Staff Blogs==<br />
<br />
SMF senior research fellow A. Giles noted in his blog meeting several “bright and connected people” while working there. He said he wrote shorter pieces of research that he could see “leading in 4 or 5 obvious directions.” His most significant observation though was that “it is a small world.” He recognised that, “everyone seems to know everyone else” in the think tank world. He emphasised that a “big part of the game” was in knowing the small number of intellectual MP's: David Willets the patron saint; approachable ministers like the Millibands and James Purnell; and journalists and academics who are the policy-making community. He stressed, “Connections matter, and those to the government above all - in think tank world.” Having a Minister come and speak guarantees attendance, makes sponsorship more likely, makes journalistic coverage happen, and “the virtuous circle continues.”<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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<br />
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==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58348Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:26:56Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|11}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Audit Commission 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|12}} Freedom of Information Act filed with Blackpool Council 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|13}} The Daily Mail "Meet Blair’s Media Groupies: Who's Who on the Party's Journalistic Sympathisers", 02 October 2002:10.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58346Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:19:34Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Contributors */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
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==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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A Freedom of Information Act (FOI) filed with the Audit Commission found it had sponsored “fringe events” for the 2004 Autumn Party Political Conferences at a cost of £8,812.50. The response went on to say that, it no longer holds such detailed information or correspondence relating to the sponsorship, and added that it is not required too retain such information for its financial records.<br />
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Another FOI was filed with the Blackpool Council, another SMF corporate donor. However, the Council refused to provide information. Still, a connection between the two firms was discovered. In 2002, the Daily Mail newspaper revealed a relationship between the Council and the SMF as it was highlighting political journalists who the newspaper believed to be “Blair groupies.” The paper suggested that they could not be impartial due to Labour party ties and/or career-enhancing treatment they’d received as a result of their allegiance to Blair, and it noted that journalist Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian, had spoken in Blackpool at an SMF meeting on the role of the media in politics. In 2001, he had won “The Times Award,” for making 'the best case for Labour'. (The Daily Mail, 2002) According to the SMF website, the foundation has held other events in Blackpool over the years. <br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
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==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
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==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
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==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
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==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
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==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
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==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
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==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58345Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:13:53Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
<br />
It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|10}} Interview with SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, conducted by Brenda Steele 21 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58344Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:11:47Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Contributors */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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According to SMF Senior Research Fellow Simon Griffiths, the SMF utilises corporate contributions for fringe events, and never for research projects. He claimed that those contributions came primarily from charities, non-profits, foundations and some government organisations.He stressed they were “only” used for special events and seminars. Not for any research projects. However, after a review of the SMF 2005 and 2006 annual reports, there was no clear delineation as to how corporate contributions were actually distributed between programmes versus research projects.<br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
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==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58343Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T18:00:15Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
<br />
It also appointed a chief economist, for the first time. One of the first economic arguments suggested that the public should be forced to save for a pension unless they specifically opt out. This has stirred heated debates among government officials and others. Now the firm has noticeably taken on many financial-related research projects.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58342Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:56:57Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58341Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:55:26Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]<br />
"Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58340Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:54:24Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} Diary [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]<br />
"Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", PR Week, Pg. 48, LexisNexis. accessed 05 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|9}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58339Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:51:29Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
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The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
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The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
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In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
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Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
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In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
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In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
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The SMF has a business group that companies like pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline and oil conglomerate Shell pay over £10,000 to join. Director Rossiter contends most of the SMF's money comes from two charitable trusts and that all the research is free from corporate financial influence.<br />
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==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
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==Key Staff==<br />
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[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
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[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
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[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
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The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
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==Contributors==<br />
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2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
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Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} Diary [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]<br />
"Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", PR Week, Pg. 48, LexisNexis. accessed 05 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ann_Rossiter&diff=58338Ann Rossiter2008-04-27T17:48:52Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>Ann Rossiter is Director of Social Market Foundation, a "Blairite" think tank headquartered in London.<br />
<br />
She categorises the think tank as "ideologically difficult to place." It has been resolutely “Blairite” in its policy lines in the past, plus it still has not shrugged its pro-Tory, right-leaning origins. Rossiter says the SMF’s focus in on the labour market and low earners. Yet, she seems coy on key questions about government size and taxation needed to support services. “We have the ear of government because we have independence,” says Rossiter. “We don't have an agenda.”<br />
<br />
Rossiter may have brought new “clout” to the firm as she came with notoriety. During the “Blair Babes” era (Reeves, 2008), Rossiter was his speechwriter. Additional popularity came when public relations firm AS Biss named her one of the “ten political stars of the future.”<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Career''': <br />
Prior to SMF, Rossiter spent 4 years as a director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and of [[Lexington Communications]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,1539926,00.html] It's owned by advertising giant, [[Abbott Mead Vickers]].<br />
<br />
She also worked for 4 years at the [[BBC]] in political research and programming. Finally, she once worked in parliament for MPs [[John Denham]] and [[Glenda Jackson]] on pensions and transport policy. Rossiter drew up Labour party policy on stakeholder pensions in the early 1990s.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} The Guardian, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138620&docNo=41] "Thinktanks: Do great minds think alike?", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "Business: Mammon: The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008. <br />
#{{note|3}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22] "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ann_Rossiter&diff=58337Ann Rossiter2008-04-27T17:47:43Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>Ann Rossiter is Director of Social Market Foundation, a "Blairite" think tank headquartered in London.<br />
<br />
She categorises the think tank as "ideologically difficult to place." It has been resolutely “Blairite” in its policy lines in the past, plus it still has not shrugged its pro-Tory, right-leaning origins. Rossiter says the SMF’s focus in on the labour market and low earners. Yet, she seems coy on key questions about government size and taxation needed to support services. “We have the ear of government because we have independence,” says Rossiter. “We don't have an agenda.”<br />
<br />
Rossiter may have brought new “clout” to the firm as she came with notoriety. During the “Blair Babes” era (Reeves, 2008), Rossiter was his speechwriter. Additional popularity came when public relations firm AS Biss named her one of the “ten political stars of the future.”<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Career''': <br />
Prior to SMF, Rossiter spent 4 years as a director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and of [[Lexington Communications]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,1539926,00.html] It's owned by advertising giant, [[Abbott Mead Vickers]].<br />
<br />
She also worked for 4 years at the [[BBC]] in political research and programming. Finally, she once worked in parliament for MPs [[John Denham]] and [[Glenda Jackson]] on pensions and transport policy. Rossiter drew up Labour party policy on stakeholder pensions in the early 1990s.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} The Guardian, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138620&docNo=41(06 October 2005)] "Thinktanks: Do great minds think alike?", accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} The Observer, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "Business: Mammon: The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", accessed 27 April 2008. <br />
#{{note|3}} PR Week, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22 "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ann_Rossiter&diff=58336Ann Rossiter2008-04-27T17:45:49Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>Ann Rossiter is Director of Social Market Foundation, a "Blairite" think tank headquartered in London.<br />
<br />
She categorises the think tank as "ideologically difficult to place." It has been resolutely “Blairite” in its policy lines in the past, plus it still has not shrugged its pro-Tory, right-leaning origins. Rossiter says the SMF’s focus in on the labour market and low earners. Yet, she seems coy on key questions about government size and taxation needed to support services. “We have the ear of government because we have independence,” says Rossiter. “We don't have an agenda.”<br />
<br />
Rossiter may have brought new “clout” to the firm as she came with notoriety. During the “Blair Babes” era (Reeves, 2008), Rossiter was his speechwriter. Additional popularity came when public relations firm AS Biss named her one of the “ten political stars of the future.”<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Career''': <br />
Prior to SMF, Rossiter spent 4 years as a director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and of [[Lexington Communications]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,1539926,00.html] It's owned by advertising giant, [[Abbott Mead Vickers]].<br />
<br />
She also worked for 4 years at the [[BBC]] in political research and programming. Finally, she once worked in parliament for MPs [[John Denham]] and [[Glenda Jackson]] on pensions and transport policy. Rossiter drew up Labour party policy on stakeholder pensions in the early 1990s.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} Walker, David, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138620&docNo=41(06 October 2005)] "Thinktanks: Do great minds think alike?",<br />
The Guardian, London, England, UK, Public: Final Edition, Pg. 27. accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Mathiason, Nick, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "Business: Mammon: The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", The Observer, Observer Business Pages, Pg. 12, accessed 27 April 2008. <br />
#{{note|3}} Diary, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22 "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", PR Week, Pg. 48, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ann_Rossiter&diff=58335Ann Rossiter2008-04-27T17:45:04Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
<hr />
<div>Ann Rossiter is Director of Social Market Foundation, a "Blairite" think tank headquartered in London.<br />
<br />
She categorises the think tank as "ideologically difficult to place." It has been resolutely “Blairite” in its policy lines in the past, plus it still has not shrugged its pro-Tory, right-leaning origins. Rossiter says the SMF’s focus in on the labour market and low earners. Yet, she seems coy on key questions about government size and taxation needed to support services. “We have the ear of government because we have independence,” says Rossiter. “We don't have an agenda.”<br />
<br />
Rossiter may have brought new “clout” to the firm as she came with notoriety. During the “Blair Babes” era (Reeves, 2008), Rossiter was his speechwriter. Additional popularity came when public relations firm AS Biss named her one of the “ten political stars of the future.”<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Career''': <br />
Prior to SMF, Rossiter spent 4 years as a director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and of [[Lexington Communications]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,1539926,00.html] It's owned by advertising giant, [[Abbott Mead Vickers]].<br />
<br />
She also worked for 4 years at the [[BBC]] in political research and programming. Finally, she once worked in parliament for MPs [[John Denham]] and [[Glenda Jackson]] on pensions and transport policy. Rossiter drew up Labour party policy on stakeholder pensions in the early 1990s.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} Walker, David, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138620&docNo=41(06 October 2005)] "Thinktanks: Do great minds think alike?",<br />
The Guardian, London, England, UK, Public: Final Edition, Pg. 27. accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2]] Mathiason, Nick, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=143296&docNo=46] "Business: Mammon: The marketing of Blairism: Nick Mathiason meets Ann Rossiter, head of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, and leading light in the Third Way", The Observer, Observer Business Pages, Pg. 12, accessed 27 April 2008. <br />
#{{note|3}} Diary, LexisNexis [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22 "Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", PR Week, Pg. 48, accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ann_Rossiter&diff=58329Ann Rossiter2008-04-27T17:37:16Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
<hr />
<div>Ann Rossiter is Director of Social Market Foundation, a "Blairite" think tank headquartered in London.<br />
<br />
She categorises the think tank as "ideologically difficult to place." It has been resolutely “Blairite” in its policy lines in the past, plus it still has not shrugged its pro-Tory, right-leaning origins. Rossiter says the SMF’s focus in on the labour market and low earners. Yet, she seems coy on key questions about government size and taxation needed to support services. “We have the ear of government because we have independence,” says Rossiter. “We don't have an agenda.”<br />
<br />
Rossiter may have brought new “clout” to the firm as she came with notoriety. During the “Blair Babes” era (Reeves, 2008), Rossiter was his speechwriter. Additional popularity came when public relations firm AS Biss named her one of the “ten political stars of the future.”<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Career''': <br />
Prior to SMF, Rossiter spent 4 years as a director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and of [[Lexington Communications]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,1539926,00.html] It's owned by advertising giant, [[Abbott Mead Vickers]].<br />
<br />
She also worked for 4 years at the [[BBC]] in political research and programming. Finally, she once worked in parliament for MPs [[John Denham]] and [[Glenda Jackson]] on pensions and transport policy. Rossiter drew up Labour party policy on stakeholder pensions in the early 1990s.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58324Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:27:09Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
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<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.<br />
#{{note|8}} Diary [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3504574950&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3504574953&cisb=22_T3504574952&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=235906&docNo=22]<br />
"Decade-old AS Biss names ten to watch", PR Week, Pg. 48, LexisNexis. accessed 05 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58321Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:24:10Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
In 2001, the SMF replaced Skidelsky with leading Labour peer [[Lord David Lipsey]]. All the SMF directors have been well connected with the government. Former Director [[Philip Collins]] was once Tony Blair's top speechwriter and strategic adviser, while [[Roderick Nye]], opposed to Blair, was the policy director for the Tories.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58318Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:20:27Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network (01 June 2000), "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58317Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:20:04Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network 01 June 2000 "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58315Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:19:19Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|7}} Independent Race and Refugee News Network "Asylum, popular racism and the local elections", Institute of Race Relations. London, England, UK.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58310Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:17:17Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister (PM) John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the SMF met with controversy over a speech by PM William Hague. Several supportive editorials arose after it gave the speech to the press a week in advance. Hague had been accused by The Sun newspaper of being “far too nervous of being 'branded jingoistic, nationalistic or racist', to speak out on the 'real issues that engage voters'.” So, he addressed asylum-seekers’ issues during the hyped speech in which he recommended detention of some.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58308Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T17:15:08Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
Although the SMF claims to be free of party attachment, Members of Parliament are part of the SMF Policy Advisory Board. Plus, a number of Conservative and Labour Party Cabinet ministers, and former Prime Minister John Major, have spoken at SMF seminars.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Robert_Skidelsky&diff=58307Robert Skidelsky2008-04-27T17:10:41Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* References */</p>
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<div>'''Lord Skidelsky''' is a Crossbench Life Peer, an economist and author, and a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick (he retired in 2006). He is on the Advisory Board of the [[John Smith Memorial Trust]] {{ref|1}}.<br />
<br />
==Early career== <br />
He was born in Harbin, China, in 1939, educated at Brighton College, and later at Jesus College, Oxford (BA Modern History 1961).<br />
<br />
Between 1965 and 1968, Lord Skidelsky was Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He then worked as Associate Professor of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (Washington DC) from 1970 until 1976. Lord Skidelsky then went on to Head the Department of History, Philosophy and European Studies at the Polytechnic of North London (1967-78). From 1978 - 1990, he taught International Studies at Warwick University.<br />
<br />
Lord Skidelsky was a founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party]]. He is Founder and Chair of the [[Centre for Global Studies]](2002-now). He is the former Chairman of the [[Social Market Foundation]] (SMF)(1991-2001), and former Conservative Party spokesman for Treasury Affairs in the House of Lords. Skidelsky brought the SMF think tank to a position of prominence and influence, and re-launched it as a “non-libertarian free-market body” in 1990. <br />
<br />
During his time as director, under the SMF umbrella, Skidelsky established a Centre for Post-Collectivist Global Studies, with the help of patrons like: Ralf Dahrendorf, a German-British politician/sociologist and a House of Lords cross-bencher (not aligned to any particular party); British Economist Meghnad Desai; and former Prime Minister (PM) Margaret Thatcher. Its main concentration was post-Communist economies (particularly Russia). The new Centre began organising conferences and conducting its own research work.<br />
<br />
The Centre was mysteriously disbanded, and after 1992, no new entries were added to its new website. There are no financial records regarding the dissolution. It appears Skidelsky established it in an attempt to capitalise on new business opportunities materialising out of the collapse of the Soviet Union, but discovered that initiating business with some former Soviet Bloc countries in Eastern Europe still proved too challenging in the 90s. As a result, the Centre was closed.<br />
<br />
A fluent Russian speaker, he is Director of the [[Moscow School of Political Studies]] and Founder and Executive Secretary of the [[UK/Russia Round Table]]. He is also a Trustee of the [[Manhattan Institute]] and Chairman of the Governors of the Brighton College {{ref|2}}.<br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
*Trustee, [[Our Talents Foundation]] (2003-now); <br />
*Trustee, [[Manhattan Institute]]<br />
*Non-Executive Director of [[Janus Capital Inc]], previously Stilwell (5th largest mutual fund company in the United States), (2001 - now); *Consultant to the [[Russian Investor Protection Association]] (2003-now); <br />
*Director, [[Transnational Insights Ltd]]. (2003-now)<br />
*[[Wilton Park]], academic council<br />
<br />
==Books==<br />
Books of his include Politicians and the Slump (1967), English Progressive Schools (1969), [[Oswald Mosley]] (1975), and The World After Communism (1995). He is also the author of a major biography in three volumes on [[John Maynard Keynes]].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} Robert Skidelsky [http://skidelskyr.com/?biography Personal Biography], Accessed 20th August 2007.<br />
#{{note|2}} Manhattan Institute [http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/hayek2006.htm Robert Skidelsky, Speaker], Accessed 20th August 2007.<br />
#{{note|3}} Web archive [http://www.archive.org/index.php], "Way Back Machine", Accessed 27 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Robert_Skidelsky&diff=58306Robert Skidelsky2008-04-27T17:04:47Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Early career */</p>
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<div>'''Lord Skidelsky''' is a Crossbench Life Peer, an economist and author, and a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick (he retired in 2006). He is on the Advisory Board of the [[John Smith Memorial Trust]] {{ref|1}}.<br />
<br />
==Early career== <br />
He was born in Harbin, China, in 1939, educated at Brighton College, and later at Jesus College, Oxford (BA Modern History 1961).<br />
<br />
Between 1965 and 1968, Lord Skidelsky was Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He then worked as Associate Professor of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (Washington DC) from 1970 until 1976. Lord Skidelsky then went on to Head the Department of History, Philosophy and European Studies at the Polytechnic of North London (1967-78). From 1978 - 1990, he taught International Studies at Warwick University.<br />
<br />
Lord Skidelsky was a founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party]]. He is Founder and Chair of the [[Centre for Global Studies]](2002-now). He is the former Chairman of the [[Social Market Foundation]] (SMF)(1991-2001), and former Conservative Party spokesman for Treasury Affairs in the House of Lords. Skidelsky brought the SMF think tank to a position of prominence and influence, and re-launched it as a “non-libertarian free-market body” in 1990. <br />
<br />
During his time as director, under the SMF umbrella, Skidelsky established a Centre for Post-Collectivist Global Studies, with the help of patrons like: Ralf Dahrendorf, a German-British politician/sociologist and a House of Lords cross-bencher (not aligned to any particular party); British Economist Meghnad Desai; and former Prime Minister (PM) Margaret Thatcher. Its main concentration was post-Communist economies (particularly Russia). The new Centre began organising conferences and conducting its own research work.<br />
<br />
The Centre was mysteriously disbanded, and after 1992, no new entries were added to its new website. There are no financial records regarding the dissolution. It appears Skidelsky established it in an attempt to capitalise on new business opportunities materialising out of the collapse of the Soviet Union, but discovered that initiating business with some former Soviet Bloc countries in Eastern Europe still proved too challenging in the 90s. As a result, the Centre was closed.<br />
<br />
A fluent Russian speaker, he is Director of the [[Moscow School of Political Studies]] and Founder and Executive Secretary of the [[UK/Russia Round Table]]. He is also a Trustee of the [[Manhattan Institute]] and Chairman of the Governors of the Brighton College {{ref|2}}.<br />
<br />
==Affiliations==<br />
*Trustee, [[Our Talents Foundation]] (2003-now); <br />
*Trustee, [[Manhattan Institute]]<br />
*Non-Executive Director of [[Janus Capital Inc]], previously Stilwell (5th largest mutual fund company in the United States), (2001 - now); *Consultant to the [[Russian Investor Protection Association]] (2003-now); <br />
*Director, [[Transnational Insights Ltd]]. (2003-now)<br />
*[[Wilton Park]], academic council<br />
<br />
==Books==<br />
Books of his include Politicians and the Slump (1967), English Progressive Schools (1969), [[Oswald Mosley]] (1975), and The World After Communism (1995). He is also the author of a major biography in three volumes on [[John Maynard Keynes]].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
#{{note|1}} Robert Skidelsky [http://skidelskyr.com/?biography Personal Biography], Accessed 20th August 2007.<br />
#{{note|2}} Manhattan Institute [http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/hayek2006.htm Robert Skidelsky, Speaker], Accessed 20th August 2007.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58304Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:56:58Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
In 1990, it was re-launched as a “non-libertarian free-market body.” It began distinguishing between the social and free market insisting that free market results must be socially acceptable or “fair.”<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58303Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:56:07Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|6}} Kavanagh, Dennis "The Reordering of British Politics: Politics after Thatcher", Oxford University Press, accessed 08 April 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58302Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:52:59Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Background & History */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
The SMF has invited prominent US and UK figures to speak like James Pinkerton, former Ronald Reagan's White House staff. As the Conservative party searched for new policies and looked outside its own Research arena, groups like the SMF, proposing a radical break, received a sympathetic start. It originated as a think-tank for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), ironically, just as the party was on the verge of breaking up. Original founders were Lord Skidelsky and Danny Finkelstein.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58301Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:47:00Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58300Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:44:47Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation [http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58299Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:40:04Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
#{{note|1}} Social Market Foundation,[http://www.smf.co.uk], accessed 27 April 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|2}} Centre for Global Studies, [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|3}} Internet Archive, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk], "Way Back Machine", accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|4}} Guardian News and Media Limited, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8], accessed 04 March 2008.<br />
<br />
#{{note|5}} Source Watch, [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation], accessed 04 March 2008.</div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation&diff=58297Social Market Foundation2008-04-27T16:21:27Z<p>Brenda Steele: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Social Market Foundation''' <br />
SMF is a London-based think tank with the slogan, "marrying markets and social justice." The think tank, started in 1989, focuses on economic and social policy with a pro-market rather than free-market approach. The organisation, originally "The Centre for Open Society," is most influencial in the areas of health, education, welfare and savings policy. It professes to be politically independent, engaged with all political groups.<br />
SMF website: [http://www.smf.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=4]<br />
==Background & History==<br />
SMF is a Blairite pro-market think tank. According to its website: "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."<br />
<br />
The SMF shares its 11 Tufton St., Westminster address with the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, a member of SMF's Policy Advisory Board, argues in the SMF's 2003/2004 Annual Report that &#39;The Social Market Foundation is well placed to combine economic, social and political analysis. The three approaches are often separated, yet for policy decisions they have to be brought together. This makes the SMF uniquely relevant.&#39; Given that the SMF line-up are familiar faces in the think tank circuit (Stevenson and Haskins have ties to Demos) its difficult to percieve what is so unique about the Foundation.<br />
<br />
==Centre for Global Studies==<br />
In 1996, The [[Centre for Global Studies]], [http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs] was begun as an autonomous body inside the SMF, which was then called the Centre for Post-Collectivist Studies. In mid-2002, the Centre became the successor of the Moscow School of Political Studies, after Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]] had ceased to be the Chairman of SMF. This think tank's focus is globilisation, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and various non-governmental organisations, with a special interest in Russia and other emerging markets.<br />
<br />
==Key Staff==<br />
<br />
[[Ann Rossiter]]: Director and Chief Executive Officer since Jul '05; a former Director of [[Fishburn Hedges]], the corporate communications consultancy, and [[Lexington Communications]]; 4 yrs. in Parliment for John Denham Mp and Glenda Jackson MP on pensions and transport policy; 4 yrs. in BBC Political Policy Unit; board member of [[OFT Futures Advisory Board]]<br />
<br />
[[Natalie Tarry]]: Dep Dir/Dir. of Research since Apr '06; 4 yrs. with [[New Local Government Network]], an independent local govt. think tank; prior work at European Parliment;<br />
<br />
[[Dermot Kehoe]]: Managing Dir.; previous 8 yrs. at BBC in Public Policy, Strategy and Comm.; Secretariat to Iraq Commission; previous Director of Fabian Society, specilising in constitution reform and modernising govt.; former broadcaster/producer for GMTV<br />
<br />
==Board Members==<br />
Chairman: [[Lord Lipsey]]<br />
*[[Viscount Chandos]]<br />
*[[Gavyn Davies]]<br />
*[[David Edmonds]]<br />
*[[Daniel Franklin]] <br />
*[[Martin Ivens]]<br />
*[[Graham Mather]] <br />
*[[Brian Pomeroy]]<br />
<br />
==Policy Advisory Board Members==<br />
*[[Victor Adebowale]], Lord <br />
*[[Wendy Alexander]], MSP, Alumnus of the [[British American Project]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Barr]], Professor <br />
*[[Liam Byrne]], MP <br />
*[[Vincent Cable]], MP, Dr. <br />
*[[Philip Collins]]<br />
*[[Simon Crine]]<br />
*[[Don Cruickshank]]<br />
*[[Ralph Dahrendorf]], Lord; SDP founder<br />
*[[Evan Davis]], Editor of BBC Economics<br />
*[[Ed Davey]]<br />
*[[Tony Giddens]], Professor<br />
*[[Liam Halligan]]<br />
*[[Chris Haskins]], Lord <br />
*[[Peter Lampl]]<br />
*[[George Osborne]] MP<br />
*Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]]<br />
*[[Trevor Philips]], Chair of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]<br />
*[[Lord Plant]]<br />
*Sir [[Stephen Sherbourne]]<br />
*[[Sue Slipman]]<br />
*Lord [[Dennis Stevenson]]<br />
*Lord [[Andrew Turnbull]] <br />
*Lord [[Adair Turner]] <br />
*[[Stephen Twigg]] MP<br />
*[[Andrew Tyrie]] MP<br />
*[[David Willetts]] MP<br />
<br />
The Policy Advisory Board should consist of 25 members who are consulted from "time to time." ('06/07 Annual Report)<br />
<br />
==Contributors==<br />
<br />
2006/2007:<br />
Abbey, Alliance Against IP Theft, Boots plc, British Library, British Nuclear Group, British Waterways, BUPA, BP, Camelot Group, Centrica, Cicero Consulting Ltd, Confederation of British Industry, Deloitte, Department for Education and Skills, Detica, E.On, Edexcel, EDF, Electoral Commission, General Teaching Council, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Groundwork, Food Agency Services, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, Health and Safety Executive, Hutchison 3G, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Investment Management Association, Jefferson Communications, KPMG, Kraft, Lloyds Pharmacy, Marks and Spencer, Merck Sharp Dohme, Microsoft, Mobile Operators Association, Norwich Union, Ntl, Portman Group, Portland PR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Provident Financial, Quality Improvement Agency, Rainer, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Shell, Standard Life, Standard Life Healthcare, Standard Life Investments, Sutton Trust, Tescos, Ufi / Learn Direct, United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association, West Midland Safari Park, Working Links, <br />
<br />
Previous Contributors:<br />
Audit Commission, Barclays Bank, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Blackpool Council, Boots, BP International, British Nuclear Fuels, British Property Federation, BSkyB, BUPA, Camelot Group,CBI, Centrica, Chemical Industries Association, Corporation of London, Edexcel, EDS, Electoral Commission, Energywatch, Finance & Leasing Association, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Go-Ahead Group, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Learning & Skills Development Agency, Marks & Spencer, Mobile Operators Association, National House Building Council, National Youth Agency, Pfizer, Pharmacia Pharamaceutical Services Negotiating, Safeway Stores, J Sainsbury, Shell International, Specialist Schools Trust, Sugar Bureau, Sun Microsystems, Sutton Trus,t Thames Water Utilities, T-Mobile, UBC Media, Ufi/ Learn Direct, UPS Vauxhall Motors, Vodafone. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: Corporate donations form 56.06% of its funding, Statutory Bodies and Not for Profits 40.55% and Charitable Trusts 3.39% .<br />
<br />
==Patrons==<br />
*[[Lord Flowers]]<br />
*Rt Hon [[Lord Owen]] CH<br />
*[[Lord Sainsbury of Turville]]<br />
*Professor [[Lord Skidelsky]]<br />
<br />
==Auditors== <br />
Knox Cropper<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
8/9 Well Court<br />
London EC4M 9DN<br />
<br />
==Labour Fringe Meetings==<br />
SMF organised a wide range of fringe talks at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]]. Many of the discussions were sponsored by companies that have a direct business interest in the topics. Nearly all of the discussion panels feature a Labour minister. For example, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Operators_Association Mobile Operators Association](MOA) sponsored a discussion with the title "Listening to the public: does community consultation improve the planning process?", with environment minister [[Alun Michael]] MP [http://www.smf.co.uk/listconferences.php?action=listconferences&year=2004 on the panel]. The MOA has been lobbying for some time to [http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe0721553.4iw?verticalID=42&vertical=Global+Regions prevent stricter planning regulations on mobile phone masts]. The MOA sponsored a similar talk at the [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/277733.html 2003 conference].<br />
<br />
==Other Staff==<br />
*Business Manager: [[Claire Newman]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Sally Dobson]]<br />
*Conference Manager: [[Kirstine Roberts]]<br />
*Chief Economist: [[Ian Mulheirn]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Simon Griffiths]]<br />
*Senior Research Fellow: [[Jessica Prendergrast]]<br />
*Head of Health: [[Lyndsay Mountford]]<br />
*Health Project Leader: [[David Furness]]<br />
*Communications Officer: [[Robert Sharp]]<br />
*Researcher: Barney Gough - Mar '06; co-written publications concerning new forms of equity release schemes and uniform business rates; also a health researcher for SMF; former research intern for Alan Milburn MP; former researcher asst. for interim report of Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty<br />
*Researcher: Rena Menne - Oct '07; researching flexibility and security in the British labour market and behavourial economics<br />
*Researcher: Tom Richmond - Jan '08; previously taught A-Level Psychology; worked for Westminster MP;<br />
*Researcher/Events Asst: Beth Foley - Jul '07; intern at Westminster Forum Projects in London and Global Youth Action Network in New York; studied in Berlin through Erasmus Exchange Programme<br />
*Events Asst: Will Hoyles - Jan '08; previously with East Sussex County Council; intern for Hansard Society and New Local Govt. Network<br />
*Associate Fellows: Niall Maclean, Saranjit Sihota, Alex Isaac, Robin Harding, Kieran Brett, Theo Blackwell, Vidhya Alakeson, Charitini Stavropoulou<br />
<br />
==Former Board Members==<br />
*[[John McFadden]]<br />
*[[Baroness Noakes]]<br />
<br />
==Former Advisory Members==<br />
*[[Tim Allan]], ex Downing Street spin doctor, then worked for Murdoch's Sky Television<br />
*[[Matthew d'Ancona]], Deputy Editor, Sunday Telegraph<br />
*[[Daniel Finkelstein]], Former Tory spin doctor (resigned '06)<br />
*[[Deirdre Hutton]]<br />
*[[James Purnell]] MP<br />
*Dr [[Wendy Thomson]]<br />
*[[Shriti Vadera]] international development advisor to [[Gordon Brown]]; (resigned '07)<br />
*Ian Corfield, Office of Lord Stevenson CBE<br />
*Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian<br />
*David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect<br />
*John Hatherly, M & G<br />
*John Jackson, Chairman, Countryside Alliance<br />
*Ruth Kelly MP<br />
*Calum Macdonald MP<br />
*Mervyn Pedelty, Chief Executive, Cooperative Bank<br />
*Marion Poole, General Secretary, National Association of Friendly Societies<br />
*Ann Rossiter, Fishburn Hedges<br />
*Chris Walker, Director, Hill Samuel Asset Management<br />
*<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Former Staff==<br />
*[[Nina Temple]]: former secretary of the British Communist Party and [[Democratic Left]]<br />
*[[Valerie Johnson]]: United Nations, the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service<br />
*[[Jacqueline Cassidy]]: Development Editor working on the [[Financial Times]], [[Reuters]] and ft.com<br />
*Deputy Director: [[Beth Breeze]] (formerly Egan)<br />
*Research Fellow: [[Roger Wicks]]<br />
*Researchers: [[Jessica Asato]]<br />
*Director of Communications: [[Sarah Schaefer]]<br />
*Events Manager: [[Valerie Johnson]]<br />
*Conference Events Manager: [[Jaqueline Cassidy]]<br />
*Finance & Administration: [[Ben Llewelyn]]<br />
<br />
==Contact details==<br />
Social Market Foundation <br><br />
11 Tufton St<br><br />
Westminster<br><br />
London<br><br />
SW1P 3QB<br><br />
02072227060<br><br />
Website: http://www.smf.co.uk/ <br />
<br />
==SourceWatch resources==<br />
*[[Katherine Raymond]]<br />
*[[Labour Party conference]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*"[http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Who is sponsoring whom at the Labour Party Conference]", ''Spinwatch'', September 9, 2004.<br />
*Guardian profile of [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,715480,00.html Social Market Foundation]<br />
* Nick Mathiason '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,10538,1539926,00.html The marketing of Blairism]', The Observer, 31 July 2005<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<ref> Social Market Foundation, (1989), "[http://www.smf.co.uk]", last accessed 04 March 2008, </ref>/><br />
<br />
<Centre for Global Studies, (1996), http://www.globalstudies.org.uk/?about_cgs, last accessed 04 March 2008: 11:59/><br />
<br />
<Internet Archive, Way Back Machine, (1996-2007), http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.smf.co.uk, last accessed 04 March 2008: 12:07/><br />
<br />
<Guardian News and Media Limited, (2008), http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/page/2007/dec/20/8, last accessed 04 March 2008: 12:11/><br />
<br />
<Source Watch, (2007), http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Social_Market_Foundation, last accessed 04 March 2008: 12:15/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Alan_Giles&diff=49154Alan Giles2008-03-04T22:21:36Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Alan Giles comes from the retail businesses. He is currently Chairman of Fat Face Limited [http://www.fatface.com/] and a Non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc [http://www.uk.rentokil.com/] and Wilson Bowden plc [http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/]. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer HMV Group plc, Managing Director of Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd and Executive Director WH Smith Group plc.<br />
<br />
Giles is a member of the Office of Fair Trading board, which hopes to benefit from his vast retail business experience.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Giles formed HMV Group as CEO in 1998 as part of a leveraged buy-out. He took the group public in an Intitial Public Offering (IPO) with the London Stock Exchange in 2002. Rumours about Giles quiting the company as CEO hit the news after the music and book retailer had poor Christmas sales. Reports claim that Giles became the first victim of the retail downturn. His departure was expected to stall HMV's attempt to acquire smaller rival Ottakar's. The deal was controversial and criticised by book publishers and authors. It was referred to the Competition Commission, according to ABC Money.[http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/1220061706.htm]<br />
<br />
Then Giles retired in 2006 to pursue non-executive and teaching roles. He's also directed or sat on the boards of Waterstone’s, WH Smith Group, Do It All, and WH Smith Retail. Giles worked for Boots as a buyer, and for Somerfield plc in a non-executive capacity. <br />
<br />
He has a Physics degree from University of Oxford (Merton College); a masters degree in Management from The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California; and has been an Associate Fellow for Osford said Business School.[http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm]<br />
<br />
<br />
Insights into Giles can be found on Bookseller.com where he's written blogs. [http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/control/index.php?p=22&u=16164]<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/giles, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:51/><br />
<br />
<Fat Face Ltd, http://www.fatface.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:55/><br />
<br />
<Rentokil, http://www.uk.rentokil.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:57/><br />
<br />
<Wilson Bowden, http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:59/><br />
<br />
<Oxford Said Business School, http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:10/><br />
<br />
<ABC Money, http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/1220061706.htm, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:17/><br />
<br />
<Bookseller.com, http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/control/index.php?p=22&u=16164, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:23/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Alan_Giles&diff=49153Alan Giles2008-03-04T22:17:41Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
<hr />
<div>Alan Giles comes from the retail businesses. He is currently Chairman of Fat Face Limited [http://www.fatface.com/] and a Non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc [http://www.uk.rentokil.com/] and Wilson Bowden plc [http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/]. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer HMV Group plc, Managing Director of Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd and Executive Director WH Smith Group plc.<br />
<br />
Giles is a member of the Office of Fair Trading board, which hopes to benefit from his vast retail business experience.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Giles formed HMV Group as CEO in 1998 as part of a leveraged buy-out. He took the group public in an Intitial Public Offering (IPO) with the London Stock Exchange in 2002. Rumours about Giles quiting the company as CEO hit the news after the music and book retailer had poor Christmas sales. Reports claim that Giles became the first victim of the retail downturn. His departure was expected to stall HMV's attempt to acquire smaller rival Ottakar's. The deal was controversial and criticised by book publishers and authors. It was referred to the Competition Commission, according to ABC Money.[http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/1220061706.htm]<br />
<br />
Then Giles retired in 2006 to pursue non-executive and teaching roles. He's also directed or sat on the boards of Waterstone’s, WH Smith Group, Do It All, and WH Smith Retail. Giles worked for Boots as a buyer, and for Somerfield plc in a non-executive capacity. <br />
<br />
He has a Physics degree from University of Oxford (Merton College); a masters degree in Management from The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California; and has been an Associate Fellow for Osford said Business School.[http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/giles, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:51/><br />
<br />
<Fat Face Ltd, http://www.fatface.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:55/><br />
<br />
<Rentokil, http://www.uk.rentokil.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:57/><br />
<br />
<Wilson Bowden, http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:59/><br />
<br />
<Oxford Said Business School, http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:10/><br />
<br />
<ABC Money, http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/1220061706.htm, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:17/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Alan_Giles&diff=49152Alan Giles2008-03-04T22:09:40Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
<hr />
<div>Alan Giles comes from the retail businesses. He is currently Chairman of Fat Face Limited [http://www.fatface.com/] and a Non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc [http://www.uk.rentokil.com/] and Wilson Bowden plc [http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/]. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer HMV Group plc, Managing Director of Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd and Executive Director WH Smith Group plc.<br />
<br />
Giles is a member of the Office of Fair Trading board, which hopes to benefit from his vast retail business experience.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Giles formed HMV Group as CEO in 1998 as part of a leveraged buy-out. He took the group public in an Intitial Public Offering (IPO) with the London Stock Exchange in 2002. Then Giles retired in 2006 to pursue non-executive and teaching roles. He's also directed or sat on the boards of Waterstone’s, WH Smith Group, Do It All, and WH Smith Retail. Giles worked for Boots as a buyer, and for Somerfield plc in a non-executive capacity. <br />
<br />
He has a Physics degree from University of Oxford (Merton College); a masters degree in Management from The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California; and has been an Associate Fellow for Osford said Business School.[http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<br />
Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/giles, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:51/><br />
<br />
<Fat Face Ltd, http://www.fatface.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:55/><br />
<br />
<Rentokil, http://www.uk.rentokil.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:57/><br />
<br />
<Wilson Bowden, http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:59/><br />
<br />
<Oxford Said Business School, http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Giles+Alan/Giles+Alan.htm, last accessed 04 March 2008: 22:10/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Alan_Giles&diff=49148Alan Giles2008-03-04T21:57:41Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Alan Giles comes from the retail businesses. He is currently Chairman of Fat Face Limited [http://www.fatface.com/] and a Non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc [http://www.uk.rentokil.com/] and Wilson Bowden plc [http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/]. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer HMV Group plc, Managing Director of Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd and Executive Director WH Smith Group plc.<br />
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The OFT Board hopes to benefit from his retail business experience.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/giles, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:51/><br />
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<Fat Face Ltd, http://www.fatface.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:55/><br />
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<Rentokil, http://www.uk.rentokil.com/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:57/><br />
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<Wilson Bowden, http://www.wilsonbowden.co.uk/, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:59/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Allan_Asher&diff=49145Allan Asher2008-03-04T21:43:12Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Allan Asher is the Chief Executive Officer of Energywatch [http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp], a gas and electricity watchdog, committed to improving the consumer experience of energy markets according to a Times Online article.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece] He sits on the Advisory Board for the Office of Fair Trading. [http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher]<br />
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For over 20 yrs, Asher's been with national and international consumer agencies in developing countries. He lived in Australia and was deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, an energy regulator. He has acted as Director of the Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance in Canberra, Australia, and chair of the International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition in Jaipur, India. <br />
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He is a barrister and Australian High Court solicitor. He was previously the Campaigns Director of the Consumers' Association. <br />
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In addition, Asher chairs the consumer policy committee of the British Standards Institute and acts as a consultant to Consumers' International and to the Consumer Unity and Trade Society (India). <br />
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Asher is also a member of Transparency International.<br />
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Asher told the Times Onlines that Britain faced an “uncertain energy future” and spoke of “a national energy crisis” [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article3427276.ece], in which four million families spend over 10% of their household income on power.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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<Energywatch, http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:24/><br />
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<Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher, last accessed 04 March: 21:23./><br />
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<Times Online, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:30/><br />
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<Times Online, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article3427276.ece, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:43./></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Allan_Asher&diff=49144Allan Asher2008-03-04T21:29:15Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Allan Asher is the Chief Executive Officer of Energywatch [http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp], a gas and electricity watchdog, committed to improving the consumer experience of energy markets according to a Times Online article.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece] He sits on the Advisory Board for the Office of Fair Trading. [http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher]<br />
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He was previously the Campaigns Director of the Consumers' Association. He is also Director of FEMAG (Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance) in Canberra, Australia, and chair of INSOC ((International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition) in Jaipur, India. <br />
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In addition, Asher chairs the consumer policy committee of the British Standards Institute and acts as a consultant to Consumers' International and to the Consumer Unity and Trade Society (India). <br />
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Asher is a member of Transparency International.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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<Energywatch, http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:24/><br />
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<Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher, last accessed 04 March: 21:23./><br />
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<Times Online, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/business_ideas/article3398667.ece, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:30/></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Allan_Asher&diff=49143Allan Asher2008-03-04T21:24:38Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Allan Asher is the Chief Executive Officer of Energywatch [http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp], a gas and electricity watchdog. He sits on the Advisory Board for the Office of Fair Trading. [http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher]<br />
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He was previously the Campaigns Director of the Consumers' Association. He is also Director of FEMAG (Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance) in Canberra, Australia, and chair of INSOC ((International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition) in Jaipur, India. <br />
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In addition, Asher chairs the consumer policy committee of the British Standards Institute and acts as a consultant to Consumers' International and to the Consumer Unity and Trade Society (India). <br />
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Asher is a member of Transparency International.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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<Energywatch, http://www.energywatch.org.uk/about_us/chief_executive/index.asp, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:24/><br />
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<Office of Fair Trading, http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/organisation/board/asher, last accessed 04 March: 21:23./></div>Brenda Steelehttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Williams_Lea_Holdings&diff=49142Williams Lea Holdings2008-03-04T21:15:08Z<p>Brenda Steele: </p>
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<div>Williams Lea [http://www.williamslea.com/www/flash_index.html] claims to be the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions. It employs over 10,000 people globally and its profits exceed £750m for 2007. <br />
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Williams Lea advises organisations on communicating and exchanging printed and electronic information with internal and external audiences. It has clients in Europe, the United States and the Asia Pacific rim. The company has locations in London, Dublin, Paris, Bonn, Frankfurt, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing and Chennai. <br />
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==History==<br />
In 1820, John Wertheimer opened a printing business in London, which eventually became Williams Lea. The company specialised in foreign language printing for over 100 yrs.<br />
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The company printed the first edition of Radio Times in the '20s. The company's foreign language expertise is used by foreign governments which have offices in London. <br />
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In the '70s, Williams Lea invested in computer technology, and also began printing for the financial industry. They became a print leader for financial institutions in the '80s. <br />
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Their first outsourcing contract was with Morgan Stanley in 1988. They have acquired the following companies: Springboard Design Consultancy; a litigation support company; a contract with AXA UK valued at £210m; a joint venture in Chennai, India to provide offshore capabilities; Alistair McIntosh, a print outsourcing/ logistics company in Yorkshire; Rodber Thorneycroft, a marketing communications company; Bowne Business Solutions, a US market-leader in business process outsourcing; Uniscribe in the US; and Creatis in Australia.<br />
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<Williams Lea Holdings Ltd, http://www.williamslea.com/www/en_EU/Infopool.nsf/html/PEngIndex, last accessed 04 March 2008: 21:05/></div>Brenda Steele