Sir Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, FBA (born 29 May 1945) is a British academic specialising in

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. He is the

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Professor of Social Policy at the

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(LSE) and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister

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. Le Grand is the author, co-author or editor of seventeen books and over ninety articles on

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, philosophy and

. One of his books, '' Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens'', was described by ''

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'' as "accessible – and profound" and by ''

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'' as "one of the most important books on public policy in recent years". He was one of ''Prospect'' magazine's 100 top British public

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s, and one of the ESRC's ten Heroes of Dissemination. He is one of the principal architects of the UK Government's current ‘

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’ reforms introducing choice and competition into health care and

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. In addition, he originated and developed several innovative ideas in social policy, including one that became the ‘baby bond’ or Child Trust Fund, the Partnership Scheme for funding long term care endorsed by the 2005 Wanless Report Securing Good Care for Older People, the Educational Premium for the less well off and for looked after children, and the Social Care Practice in the 2006 Department for Education and Skills

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, Care Matters. Le Grand was one of the signatories of a letter published in ''

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'' on 15 April 2008, which criticised the UK Government's "retreat in the face of a rightwing challenge over inheritance tax". Le Grand and his co-authors argued that inheritance tax "is one of the few tools which directly reduces inherited inequalities." In 2014 he was a member of the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England for th
King's Fund
chaired by

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which delivered its final report in September. He subsequently denounced the proposal of increasing NHS charges, which he described as a zombie idea.

Honours

In 2006 Le Grand was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) by the

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. In 2007 Le Grand was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2012, Le Grand was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). In the 2015

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, he was knighted 'for services to social science and public service'.2015 New Year Honours List

Works

He has written widely, including: * ''The Economics of Social Problems'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280559 * '' The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services Through Choice and Competition'', Princeton University Press, 2007 * '' Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens'', Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 208, , – argues in favor of increasing

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* "Health, Values & Social Policy". In Ann Oakley & Jonathan Barker, ''Private Complaints & Public Health'', Policy Press, 2004 *''Quasi-Markets and Social Policy'' (Ed with Will Bartlett), Macmillan, 1993 *''Market Socialism'' (Ed with Saul Estrin), Clarendon Press, 1989

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