Delighted that the interim report for our project 'Setting Great British Railways up for Success' is out today, ahead of the Railways Bill returning to parliament later this week [THREAD] www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/set...

WE'RE HIRING! @futuregovforum.bsky.social is looking for a new Head of Policy & Research Someone who can think creatively and strategically, lead the team & generate rigorous, innovative, ambitious & credible ideas for *getting things done in govt* www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/

An extraordinary amount of political noise surrounded yesterday's King's Speech (& it's far from over yet...) At @futuregovforum.bsky.social we've tried to discern the signal beneath - what is the legislative agenda, where are its strengths & weaknesses? futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-kings-...

Today marks the launch of ThinkLabour! 🌹We are a unique political organisation dedicated to helping Labour govern confidently, win elections, and deliver lasting change.Here is what we are building 👇

Crikey. Aston Villa are through to their first major European final since 1982. No pleasure in defeating another great midlands team. But this is simply wonderful. #AVFC #NFFC

Bjork - Hyperballad Nick Cave - The Ship Song Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come The Streets - Weak Become Heroes Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) Pearl Jam - Wishlist Roots Manuva - Dreamy Days The Decemberists - A Beginning Song Nirvana - Lithium

As we reach the end of the parliamentary session, one draft law that will roll over to the next is the Railways Bill. It establishes Great British Railways, the 'directing mind' of a rail network soon to be back in public ownership. It's a massive change, and it's going a bit under the radar...

Great point in a great thread. I genuinely believe you can explain every pathology in British politics through “it’s considered acceptable, frankly even a sign of good taste, to be snobbish and ignorant about Milton Keynes”.

🎉 New report out today 🎉 – FGF's Social Insights Panel is launching its first report today exploring why a mindset shift is needed if we want to make public services truly preventative. Coverage: www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/polly... Report: www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/six...

At @futuregovforum.bsky.social we've just published our new 3-yr strategy, setting out: - Our aspirations and work programmes - The approaches, design principles and values that underpin them - The wonderful team of people who will deliver them - Reflections on the impact we've had so far

Our new ‘Reform and renewal of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’ report contains recommendations for big changes to the EHRC Watch FGF’s Hamida Ali explain more🔽 www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/vit...

Why the EHRC’s future is at risk unless big changes are made New blogpost by @futuregovforum.bsky.social director @yeowell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/futurego...

The @EHRC is a vital institution, but its future is at risk unless major changes made to strengthen the vital work it does. Our new FGF report contains recommendations to reform and strengthen this vital institution 🔽 www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/vit...

Watch FGF’s Hamida Ali explain how our new ‘Vital institutions 01, Reform and renewal of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’ report would strengthen the EHRC www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/vit...

It's been great to be at the #TotalPlaceNow conference today where we’re discussing why if we want to make people happier, healthier and better off, we need to put local voices at the heart of the conversation around public service design and delivery. @wearenewlocal.bsky.social

FGF’s Hamida Ali is currently chairing a panel at #TotalPlaceNow conference on why place-based budgets can be drivers of public service reform. Central government is ready to engage with this agenda – now we’re hearing from experts across local and national government about how to make this happen.

NEW - In @labourlist.bsky.social, John Denham explains ‘Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services’, ahead of today’s #TotalPlaceNow conference. @jydenham.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/03/why-...

So much going on at the moment, that it was easy to miss the Chancellor's spring statement last week. The bigger policy announcements will wait until the Mais lecture later in March, but here's @danrcorry.bsky.social's take on what we heard last week: futuregovforum.substack.com/p/fgfs-sprin...

On #InternationalWomen'sDay the chair of FGF’s Social Insights Panel, @pollyneate.bsky.social has written an article in @bigissue.com on why a radical shift to prevention is the only way to end violence against women & girls. #IWD2026 Read Polly’s article 🔽🔽🔽 www.bigissue.com/opinion/inte...

Terrific piece here by my @futuregovforum.bsky.social colleague @emilyagraham.bsky.social as the Home Secretary announces a(nother) tough line on asylum. Emily points out why this is a gamble; and that there are progressive alternatives available... futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-home-s...

Now that the revised Green Book is here, how’s it looking? Dan has written for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social and argues it is an encouraging start. But it will still be *political will* more than anything that determines whether investment materialises: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

These changes are something we at FGF have argued are necessary (but not sufficient) to see investment spread right across the UK as part of the govt's growth agenda Our Chief Economist @danrcorry.bsky.social set out the arguments back in December: www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/cha...

There's been a lot going on of late, so you'd be forgiven for missing the fact that earlier this month the Treasury issued an updated version of its 'Green Book' - which could have a significant impact on how public money is invested beyond London and the South East www.gov.uk/government/n...

"Slow, secretive and sclerotic, the government machinery itself is jammed. Our good intentions, in a busted system, are not enough. You need scepticism, a plan and some history." Thoughtful piece from @benjudah.bsky.social on the problems with the British state www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

The @nytimes.com article links to a blog by our Deputy Director @adamterryfgf.bsky.social ahead of last year's Budget, arguing that the government needs to show it is serious about fixing our crumbling public realm 🔽 futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...

‘In Britain it will cost at least 300billion pounds ($410billion) to upgrade infrastructure over the next decade according to Future Governance Forum’ @nytimes.com story by @patcohen.bsky.social illustrates the scale of the infrastructure challenge facing the UK 🔽 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...

I'm fortunate to sit on the advisory board of @persuasionuk.bsky.social, the excellent public opinion outfit headed up by @steveakehurst.bsky.social. They're currently recruiting for a new communications lead - a great opportunity: careers.meliorefoundation.org/postings/a92...

See you on 24 Feb! We're determined to improve our place by taking a systematic approach to community power—organising people with energy and ideas, building their collective ability to realise change. They can’t go it alone—we must actively draw everyone into the community of place: bit.ly/3M2PM34

This by @philtinline.bsky.social for @renewaljournal.bsky.social gives the central argument of his recent report 'Power Failure': how what begin as solutions to overconcentrations of power in time become problems, disempowering and frustrating the public: renewal.org.uk/blog/disempo...

Thought-provoking piece here from Etaine Lamy, who's just finished an internship at Form Ventures and reflects on the UK's innovation ecosystem having now seen it from all sides: regulator, adviser, founder and investor... formventures.substack.com/p/why-cant-r... @leoringer.bsky.social

Latest @futuregovforum.bsky.social report out today, looking at the new 'strategic authorities' established by the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill. 'Stewards of the Regional System' explores how to set these bodies up for success. www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/imp...

Darren Jones wants govt to 'move fast and fix things'. For @futuregovforum.bsky.social Josie Cluer says up the ambition: move faster; fix more things. Means learning lessons of crisis response in 'peacetime' & embracing digital revolution. futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...

This report by @philtinline.bsky.social is brilliant on how power in Britain is both too centralised and too dispersed and what a progressive response looks like: reasserting the democratic state. www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...

✍️ Last chance to sign up ✍️ Join FGF, Metro Dynamics and an expert panel to discuss how we set a new generation of strategic authorities up for success 🚀 📅 Tomorrow (Thurs 29) 🕧 12.30-1.30pm 💻 Stream live, via Zoom Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewards-o...

The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is right to want to move fast and fix things; for the public’s sake, he should move even faster to fix even more, writes Josie Cluer, FGF Policy Advisory Group member & Partner at EY. Read Josie's article here 🔽 futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...

How do you solve a problem like Whitehall? Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen By @philtinline.bsky.social

Fantastic piece in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by @philtinline.bsky.social - on rediscovering the concept of 'the statesman' (and stateswoman), a confident and effective public figure who can get things done; and end the orthodoxy of 'business-is-better'. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Great blog here from my @futuregovforum.bsky.social colleague (& fmr Chief of Staff to the Welsh First Minister) Alex Bevan. Looks at productivity in Wales, & why the language of 'productivity puzzle' is unhelpful: this is 'a challenge, not a mystery'. futuregovforum.substack.com/p/from-puzzl...

Fantastic new report by @philtinline.bsky.social for @futuregovforum.bsky.social out today. 'Power Failure' examines how we think about power in the British state: where it's too concentrated; where it's too dispersed; what this means for governing. www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...

OUT NOW: Power Failure: A new theory of power New report by @philtinline.bsky.social argues we need a new ‘theory of power’ to understand where power lies & how it should be redistributed – so govt can get things done and restore trust. Full report ⬇️ www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...

Caught up with this typically excellent @pollymackenzie.bsky.social post that came out just before Christmas On moving on from dead metaphors when it comes to making govt work, and why the PM's most powerful tool isn't a lever; it's his voice howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/there-aren...

We're hiring! Two great new roles coming up at @futuregovforum.bsky.social - Researcher and Communications Coordinator. If you'd like to join one of the UK's newest and most exciting think tanks, focused on transforming the state to renew the nation, then you've got a week left to apply...

Out today, just in time for Christmas (!): My colleague @danrcorry.bsky.social has a new report on how we to get more public investment into places beyond London and the South East - to genuinely make good on commitments to see good growth everywhere [1/2]

Big moment here as for the first time since 2020 not one of my 5 most played songs of the year came from the soundtrack to Disney's Cars

Great opening speech by @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social at the @futuregovforum.bsky.social & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social 'Britain Renewed 2025' conference today. Spoke of the need for radical disruption and to root public services in place, to put relationships at their heart and build a responsive state.

The Budget didn’t ‘go big’, but it did deliver a raft of promising reforms to the state: the return of Total Place, new PPPs to finance infrastructure, measures to support scale-ups, and much more besides. The task now is to get delivery right. Read on for my take 🧵

Read @futuregovforum.bsky.social Chief Economist @danrcorry.bsky.social on the Budget: The Chancellor opted not to go for The Big One when raising revenue. Will a combo of smaller tax rises - and, crucially, an articulation of what they are *for* - pay off? www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...

What can No 10 learn from My Little Pony? A lot, it turns out - you need Applejacks, Raritys, Fluttershys, Rainbow Dashes & Twilight Sparkles as well as Pinkie Pies... Great blog by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on @futuregovforum.bsky.social substack: futuregovforum.substack.com/p/friendship...

New from me for @futuregovforum.bsky.social: while much of the conversation ahead of next week's Budget has focused on tax and day-to-day spend decisions, there's also an important call for the Chancellor to make on how to fund new infrastructure futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...

This govt's £120bn boost in infrastructure spend is significant - but it won’t fill the £300bn infrastructure gap. The Budget shld launch a new public-private partnership model to fix our crumbling public realm & regenerate communities. ✍️ @adamterryfgf.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/futurego...