Delighted to welcome Lord Francis Maude to ‘History of the Civil Service’ class to reflect on his experience as a reforming minister in Cameron govt Part of @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Surely the task is to tackle inequality, low productivity and deprivation wherever they occur: north or south? London is a city of extremes: great wealth alongside extreme deprivation (come and visit Church Street for eg) and exceptional challenges. Making London worse off is in no one’s interests.

Wonderful as always to take our @strandgroup.bsky.social 'London: Governing the Global City' class to the Guildhall to discuss the ancient City of London's role in London, the UK and the world. Not sure whose bright idea was it to take a class pic in the crypt... 💡😬

Employability - serving civil service and @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies student @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream application process

Insightful session with Munira Mirza, former Deputy Mayor to Boris Johnson - discussing the limits and the possibilities of London’s mayoralty for our @strandgroup.bsky.social London government module.

Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @strandgroup.bsky.social Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state Applications for 2026/27 open www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Douglas Alexander: "Knowledge with purpose is a brilliant description of the course... I wish I had been able to do this in my twenties" Applications for MA Government Studies 2026/27 NOW OPEN: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Watch last week's insightful Strand Group / @policyatkings.bsky.social event with Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod. thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

Great that @fletchersimon.bsky.social, political advisor and former Chief of Staff to Mayor Ken Livingstone, could join our London government module for the first time last week. Some serious insights into the mayoralty, alongside some excellent Trafalgar Square Pigeon discussion

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis

Such a fantastic class and case study! I always enjoy the Tony Benn and Dennis Healey impressions.

Full house this evening for our event with @strandgroup.bsky.social ✅ Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander is discussing his career and the current geopolitical challenges facing government with Catherine Macleod

Wonderful start to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - BOE Deputy Governor Sir Dave Ramsden explained the big themes in Treasury history to a mixed class of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students and Treasury officials.

All smiles as we're back underway with our 'London: Governing the Global City' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Prof Tony Travers delivering his masterful '2000 years of London history in 45 mins' lecture to kick off... (1/2)

The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses. Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…

spokesperson for Sadiq Khan: “We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response. “London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland. To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con... In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Very pleased to chair yesterday eve's discussion about #Enfield & building on Green Belt land there & in #London more generally. Event organised by The London Society & media partner @enfielddispatch.bsky.social. Lots to reflect on & write about! @leannetritton.bsky.social @jollyjourno.bsky.social.

Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod. Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media ‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’ ‘Modern regulators must do three things: Engage, Enable, Evolve.’

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

@heidialexander.bsky.social opens the door to DLR extension to Thamesmead in TfL funding deal confirmation letter. My On London story www.onlondon.co.uk/government-n...

Grateful to have been able to give Sir Tony Blair my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ It tells the untold story of how his government transformed Britain’s public services Using 600,000 words of Sir Michael Barber’s unpublished diaries plus interviews with Cabinet ministers, SPADs and civil servants

Thank you Alastair Campbell for recommending my 📕‘The Art of Delivery’ to Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics “It’s very, very readable.” “It’s about how we matched process of the Spending Review to the work of the Delivery Unit and progress that was being made.” @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Join us on 15 July when Lord Grade, chair @ofcom.bsky.social will give a lecture on 'Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media' To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/lord-g... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works? MA Government Studies is for you! 🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays 🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Carers in #London are underpaid and insecurely employed. The White Paper could make things much worse. We don't talk about it because, as @stephenkb.bsky.social has observed, “at any given time, most people are not experiencing the care crisis”. But we need to. www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow...

Grateful for this endorsement from Baroness Sally Morgan for my book, which comes out next week! The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social Pre-order 📚 amzn.eu/d/dRRTDrw

Really interesting obituary of the great Prof Joe Nye: www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie... In 2012 he gave a superb lecture for us - ‘What is Ethical Foreign Policy Leadership?’: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... Events like these are central to our MA Government Studies: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

So how does the London pedicab industry actually work. www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-pe...

My book is out next week Proud to be sharing endorsements I’ve received, starting with the great Professor the Lord Peter Hennessy The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services Pre-order here📕 amzn.eu/d/dRRTDrw

This is an incredible and extremely rare opportunity for prospective students - please help us spread the word as far and wide as possible!

This is very good. So much that I’d forgotten - even when I was marginally involved!

What Tony Blair told Keir Starmer about how to deal with Donald Trump. Me for Independent Premium www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Welcome Lord Gove, who offered this assessment of the Tory record to our students a fortnight ago www.independent.co.uk/voices/micha...

Brilliant write up by @rentouljohn.bsky.social of our very special final @strandgroup.bsky.social 'New Labour Years' class with Sir Tony Blair Sign up to join the MA Government Studies this autumn 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Last week, MA Government Studies students had the chance to speak with Sir Tony Blair about his time as Prime Minister and the challenges facing the current government. More about the discussion & the course ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sir-ton... @thestrandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Thank you to Sir Tony Blair for sharing his experience of government with our students at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for our final teaching session of 2024/25. An excellent end to a phenomenal teaching year. Join MA Government Studies for 2025/26: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Huge thank you to Sir Tony Blair for joining us to wrap up our inaugural teaching year MA Government Studies Join us this Autumn - places filling fast: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/ma-governmen...

What an honour to be part of my first teaching panel alongside the wonderful @gordoncorera.bsky.social who gave expert insight on the decision to withdraw Huawei from UK infrastructure. An excellent resource for my PhD research on the History of Digital Policy in partnership with DSIT.

Tremendous case study from Visiting Fellow @gordoncorera.bsky.social on why Huawei was stripped from Britain’s telecoms to wrap-up ‘Pivotal PM Decision Making’ module - & welcome @clearys.bsky.social to the panel MA Government Studies Join us this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...

Great to be interviewed by @suzannahb.bsky.social @civilserviceworld.bsky.social about my book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ amzn.eu/d/7o8V2ri Join me and Sir Michael Barber for launch 28 May 1830 @strandgroup.bsky.social

Exclusive: The plan to make Sadiq Khan share power in London - by copying Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-plan-t...

"He admitted that it would be 'very, very difficult' for the Conservatives to recover." @rentouljohn.bsky.social writes for the Independent about Michael Gove's visit to @jwbrown.bsky.social's “Conservative Years” module with @strandgroup.bsky.social