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Networks

We're creating alliances and networks among local practitioners and national policymakers. We bring together allies and like-minded organisations to encourage debate and learning from leaders and innovators.

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Policy

We're building support for the Social Guarantee through public and political discussion, with a strong focus on manifestos for the next election. We're reaching out to policy-makers and opinion formers, producing blogs and media coverage, organising and contributing to events, and building our social media presence.

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Knowledge

We're building knowledge about all aspects of the Social Guarantee, including examples of good practice and data on costs and benefits.  We collate and showcase relevant publications and generate new research and analysis.

OUR WORK

Vision & Goals

An economy for people and the planet. A society where everyone can flourish and feel secure.

“The Social Guarantee enshrines universal services so that everyone has access to life’s essentials, according to need, not ability to pay"
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VIDEOS

The Social Guarantee in action.  

Our project team and guests explore our principles, work and examples

How will we pay for it?
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How will we pay for it?
We all want better public services. But can we afford them? Turns out, we can.. and we can afford them now! Our new report from and video from Isaac Stanley sets out how: https://www.socialguarantee.org/post/how-would-we-pay-for-a-social-guarantee
Why are nurses striking?
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Why are nurses striking?
Over a decade of underfunding public services is bringing the country to its knees. Nowhere is this quite so clear as the health service. The NHS is the canary in the coal mine. It is collapsing because it can’t cope with the rising demand for health services. More and more people are unwell due to over a decade of austerity eroding the quality of essential public services.
A Social Guarantee in 2023
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A Social Guarantee in 2023
Grace Blakeley, James Meadway, Laurie Laybourn, Mathew Lawrence and Richard Murphy all talk about how we can build a better economy in 2023
James Meadway talks about inflation
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James Meadway talks about inflation
As inflation remains at 10.7%, hammering people and our public services, economists James Meadway explains what’s causing it, how pay relates to inflation, and what the government should be doing about it.
The Social Guarantee is hosted by PRIME and proudly supported by Network for Social Change, the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation, the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust and Thirty Percy.

FUNDERS

ABOUT

The Social Guarantee makes sure everyone's basic needs are met. It shows how more and better public services can deliver life's essentials within environmental limits. Enough for all, so that everyone can have enough, now and for future generations.

What is the Social Guarantee? 

Child Care

Free or genuinely affordable care for every child under school age.

Housing

No-one without a decent, affordable, secure, sustainable home.

Transport

Reliable, connected, affordable public transport for all.

Adult Social Care

Everyone gets the care they need. A well-trained, suitably rewarded workforce.

Internet Access

Universal access to digital skills, equipment and networks.

EXAMPLES

The Social Guarantee is not just delivering services.

The Social Guarantee is not just delivering services. For each of life’s essentials, there has to be a different package of measures. As well as service provision by governments or NGOs, ingredients include state regulation and investment, local initiatives and individual action. Details vary widely but in each case the package complies with the same set of principles. 

Examples from different countries suggest what the Social Guarantee could look like in practice.

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The Social Guarantee: How would we pay for it?

In the latest addition to the Social Guarantee Discussion Papers, Research Fellow Isaac Stanley looks first at claims that the UK is too broke to pay for more and better public services, and summarises briefly how costs have been estimated so far. He then sets out possible sources of funding, as identified by a range of experts.

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