NEW REPORT: The next govt must focus on prevention or risk worse public services and higher taxes/debt

We look at the barriers to a more preventative approach to public services, how these could be overcome and the benefits to the government and public

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Really looking forward to this: the launch of our The Future Governance Forum Impactful Devolution workstream on 6th June with Jim McMahon MP Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 Bev Craig Georgia Gould lead author Ben Lucas and moderator Anna Gross - sign up link in comments #ShapingBritainsFuture

Chris Naylor is a huge inspiration and I'm delighted I persuaded him to put pen to paper for Demos...

Come and join Jon Cruddas and Abby Innes to launch Chris's (brilliant!) essay about his time at Barking & Dagenham.

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Join me, Georgia Gould, Kamal Ahmed & Helen MacNamara for the launch of #MissionCritical , our upcoming UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose report in partnership w/ The Future Governance Forum on operationalising mission-oriented policy in the UK.

Online + In-person | 17:30 | 30 May
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Great to share the work of Council on Urban Initiatives led by Mariana Mazzucato and Ricky Burdett in bringing about the just, healthy, and green cities of the future with The Bartlett

My first visit to UCL East campus in preparation for our UCL Policy Lab conference there tomorrow. What an inspiring space! So much creative energy.

Everyone at The Future Governance Forum is really excited about tomorrow's 'Britain Renewed' conference - an opportunity to discuss how government can be done differently - and better - in the UK. We're co-hosting the event with UCL Policy Lab Citizens UK and Power to Change

Waiting list ⬇️

Was brilliant to meet Jarod yesterday. UK folks who don’t know his work please have a read Becca Dove Tim Aldridge Tim Fisher Human. Learning. Systems. Marc Stears- thanks for the intro Dan Honig (DanHonig.bsky)

I’ve worked worked with these brilliant folks to pull together some we think will be really exciting. If your interested in relational public services, missions, digital, place, and national renewal the this is one for you!

Join us at Britain Renewed on May 15th UCL East campus.

With The Future Governance Forum, Power to Change and Citizens UK we're bringing together leading experts from around the world to explore how a new approach to governing could help transform Britain.

Last few places ➡️ bit.ly/3UEwtym

Really excited for this - an amazing collection of speakers and participants from all over the world debating how to do government differently. Sign up now - not many spaces left!

A potential change in UK government in 2024 could trigger a radical shift in the government’s structure, vision + ambition.

Join me, Georgia Gould + Helen MacNamara for the launch of #MissionCritical , our report on operationalising mission-oriented policy in the UK, building

Michelle Obama says it’s bonkers to think by this time next week the East Midlands will have elected its first ever regional mayor

RIP David Marquand, a fantastic thinker and writer after his career as an MP. I found The Progressive Dilemma particularly compelling: it was published in 1991 when I was 17 and doing A-level politics. It had a big influence on my thinking

Communities facing poverty need power not paternalism from the state.

My new Joseph Rowntree Foundation essay looks at how integrated local systems have potential to break cycles of hardship, working in a more human-centred way than national one-size-fits-all processes. jrf.org.uk/neighbourhoods…

I'd like to share a few words.

This is the story behind ZAU.

Thank you to Ridley Scott Associates for bringing this to life.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is coming on Tuesday.

Watch it here: youtu.be/tYa1tzJpe2Q

Ridley Scott Associates Critical Role #RSAFilms

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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GAME!!!

I’m going to have a fucking heart attack

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NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

Stunningly positive findings. The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes ifs.org.uk/publications/s… via Institute for Fiscal Studies