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Mark Franks

@markwfranks

Director for Welfare grants and economist at the Nuffield Foundation. Views are personal.

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linkhttp://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/ calendar_today24-05-2012 14:26:30

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🏠The Social Market Foundation published its final report on housing, funded by our General Election Analysis & Briefing Fund.

The series sets out an array of challenges facing the UK's housing sector & lessons from other countries in the English-speaking world.

smf.co.uk/housing-in-the…

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NEW: Spending as much as other countries but taxing less is unlikely to be sustainable.

How do the UK’s levels of tax and spend compare to other advanced economies?

Read our latest comment here: ifs.org.uk/articles/spend…

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This key output from one of our biggest grants adds to a growing body of work funded by Nuffield Foundation showing that the UK desperately needs to broaden the geographic base of its high-skilled and productive activities to address the issue of systemic slow economic growth.

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We are very excited to be launching tomorrow a hugely important dimension of our work for the Pissarides Review - funded by Nuffield Foundation. The DI offers a radical reframing of 'levelling up' and highlights the multidimensional approach needed to tackle regional inequalities.

We are very excited to be launching tomorrow a hugely important dimension of our work for the Pissarides Review - funded by @NuffieldFound. The DI offers a radical reframing of 'levelling up' and highlights the multidimensional approach needed to tackle regional inequalities.
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📢Funding deadline announced
🗓️Apply by 16 September for our Research, Development & Analysis Fund
⌨️More info here: ow.ly/mnYl50RcXnL

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An important output funded by Nuffield Foundation, focusing on key misinformation threats as we enter this vital period in the run up to the next general election and, crucially, examining what can be done to address them in both the immediate and longer-term.

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The latest output from the Nuffield Foundation election analysis fund, on public sector pay. A sustainable approach to this issue is really important, as we all, as users of the services, lose out if public sector workers can't be recruited and retained in sufficient numbers.

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This is a major new Nuffield Foundation funding opportunity, where we are delighted to be partnering with Versus Arthritis. With up to £6m available, there is potential to really advance understanding of the socioeconomic causes and consequences of arthritis and MSK conditions.

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Another day, another important output from the Nuffield Foundation general election briefing and analysis fund, looking at access to affordable housing and what we might learn from other countries about what to do about it.

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NEW: World Happiness Report 2024 is here! We are proud to present this first edition of the major global report to be published at the University of Oxford, in a partnership of Gallup, Wellbeing Research Centre, and the SDSN.

👉 worldhappiness.report 👈

🧵 1/3 |

NEW: World Happiness Report 2024 is here! We are proud to present this first edition of the major global report to be published at the @UniofOxford, in a partnership of @Gallup, @OxWellResearch, and the @UNSDSN. 👉 worldhappiness.report 👈 🧵 1/3 | #WHR2024
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The latest output from the Nuffield Foundation election analysis and briefing fund, which aims to supply analysis to inform policies and pledges, drive up the reliability of public claims, and improve understanding of the factual evidence on key economic and social policy issues.

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What families need to meet MDLS:
🏠Reliable home WiFi
📱Entry-level smartphone per parent & older school child & 5GB data a month
🛜3GB data a month for parents of younger children
💻A computer
📺Smart TV, TV licence & subscription service
🎮Online gaming
🧠Skills & knowledge

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🔊Today we're hosting the launch of a new report on Minimum Digital Living Standards & how to tackle digital inequalities led by Simeon Yates University of Liverpool. is the benchmark of digital goods, services & skills we all need to communicate & connect safely & confidently.

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