"I am proud to announce that for the first time ever, we are introducing performance-based pay progression for the senior civil service" @darrenpjones.bsky.social has just laid a written ministerial statement announcing changes to SCS pay. This is v good...🧵

🚨New research Today we have published 'From legacy to leadership' - our deep dive into the way that outdated technology holds back the State, and what the Government can do about it. re-state.co.uk/publications...

More than half of all civil servants work in the Operational Delivery Profession- over 300,000 ppl Around 30% work in 'functions' Just 7% work in policy The vast majority of the CS are, by role definition, doing delivery But sure, a tiny depn't unit & an advisor is the answer

Interesting proposal to update the Civil Service Code courtesy of @jo3hill.bsky.social et al at @re-state.bsky.social re-state.co.uk/publications... <-- values of courage, ownership and openness are very appealing

Very good from Joe and the team.

The work that Re:state is doing on this agenda is very impressive and absolutely vital.

🚨 Today we've published a draft new Civil Service Code 🚨 This may seem a technical document - but it's really not It's literally civil servants' code of conduct & is enshrined in law Yet it's woefully lacking in ambition & expectation, & it's contributing to a 'can't do' culture in Whitehall 🧵

This is not about Iran, Trump, Starmer's future or the locals... How do you fix a problem like Whitehall? We've just launched a new kind of project to answer just that, and I've written my first post for the @re-state.bsky.social Substack to explain restate.substack.com/p/how-to-fix...

'How the old became invincible' 'Beyond caring', our paper on new ways to fund later life social care, featured in @rmcunliffe.bsky.social's column this week on the adult social care crisis. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Postcode lotteries are the worst nightmare of any Whitehall policymaker. But they're inevitable, and we should embrace regional variation in policy. @alwalker.bsky.social has written for Re:Think on why fiscal devolution is an essential next step. restate.substack.com/p/why-we-sho...

This 👇 At some point we have to stop thinking schools [or insert other state institution] can replace parenting. See also parents sitting scrolling in a daze when out with their children

📢In case you missed it: Last week we published 'Beyond caring', which makes the case for a fairer and more sustainable social care funding model for later life - based on a 'prefunded' system with contributions over the course of working life. re-state.co.uk/publications...

Why are parties campaigning for local government seats based on policies which councils can't control? In this week's Re:View @jo3hill.bsky.social wrote about the Liberal Democrats' campaign policies and what they tell us about the state of local government. restate.substack.com/p/the-review...

The third rail of British politics: social care The utter failure of successive govs to act is a stain on our political class The most recent 'consensus', Dilnot, hasn't been implemented because its the not the answer - its not affordable & fails to address fairness 🧵

Social care's funding model. You can't reimagine local gov without addressing it. You can't rescue the health system without fixing it. There hasn't really been a new plan for 15 years. But tomorrow that changes. It's report launch eve here again at Re:State towers... and this one's a biggy.

What does the future hold for Whitehall? What promise does civil service reform hold for renewed institutions? Tomorrow we are hosting Cat Little, Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Civil Service COO, for a conversation about the future of Whitehall.

🚨 OUT NOW🚨 How do ministers reform public services? @rebeccamckee.bsky.social senior researcher at the Institute for Government, chief executive of Re:State @charliepickles.bsky.social, and Conservative peer Baroness Simone Finn discuss public service reform 🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/3fac8d

So chuffed to announce this - and to get to work! This new initiative is a chance to define where we want devolution to go next, and where we want the whole agenda to take the country in the decades to come.

"The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act may open a new chapter for local places and people, but it cannot write it." 📣 NEW: Today Re:State is launching The Devo Next Initiative to define and shape the future of devolution policy. re-state.co.uk/devo-next-in...

Successive governments have lost control of regulation. The Government risks repeating this pattern. Today, we @re-state.bsky.social have published ‘The law of rule’, calling for an overhaul of the Better Regulation Framework and more independent scrutiny. re-state.co.uk/publications...

Why should the Mayor of London have more power — and face greater scrutiny? Our Chief Executive, Charlotte Pickles, sets out the case as she introduces our new London paper 'Capital at risk' to BBC Politics London. Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jEF...

V exciting to have shifted our @re-state.bsky.social blog, Re:Think, to Substack. Even more exciting to have such a corker for a first post from @jo3hill.bsky.social dissecting why mission government has failed 👇 substack.com/home/post/p-...

NEW REPORT - Capital at risk London is a global capital. But it doesn't have the governance to match. The Mayor is much less powerful than his international counterparts, with too many boroughs which hold too much influence. The city needs reboot. 🔗👇

Day 7 of our festive '12 days to remake the State' Today... devolve fiscal firepower! You should check out the mini blog series if for no other reason than the images are just so good (as are the ideas of course!) 🔥🎄 re-state.co.uk/rethink/12-d...

🎄 ‘Tis the season of hope and gifting. And in that festive spirit, we gift you this uplifting series of mini blogs. 🎁 For our second day of remaking the State, Director @charliepickles.bsky.social calls for an acceleration to the rationalisation of our public bodies re-state.co.uk/rethink/12-d...

Our pre-Christmas gift to you... '12 days to remake the State' Starting today, we'll open a new door on the @re-state.bsky.social advent calendar to reveal a bold idea to remake the State Just bringing the wonky festive cheer! Day 1: 'Give the gift of Governors' re-state.co.uk/rethink/12-d...

🗣️ New Meetings with Mayors alert! 🗣️ Re:State’s Policy Director, Dr Simon Kaye, will be in conversation with Helen Godwin Mayor of the West of England, for the 8th event in our Meetings with Mayors series. 🕚 11:00am 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eGjjJegy

Ahead of this afternoon’s Budget, the promise of a new tourist tax looks like progress — but it barely scratches the surface. Research Assistant, Laxshia Ganesharatnam, writes about the gulf between one revenue stream and meaningful fiscal devolution. re-state.co.uk?p=12472&prev...

At some point we have to *actually* take tough public spending decisions Promising cash today for reform tomorrow is irresponsible (see blog) I hope the Budget has some rabbits but right now it looks like further expanding an increasingly unsustainable welfare state re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...

So proud of the team today. First place for Think Tanker and second for Think Tank of the Year. We're a tiny (9 people), scrappy think tank with limited resources, risking saying what we really think. Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki once described JJ Barea as 'undersized, but all heart'. That's us.

Today we've published our latest Hospital of the Future paper What's the answer to corridor care, backlogs & the Winter Crisis? More doctors, more beds NO! @rosiebeacon.bsky.social @alicesemark.bsky.social have the actual, evidenced solutions- as ever cutting through the bullshit 👏

Delighted to see this endorsement from Daniel Elkeles, Chief Executive of @nhsproviders.bsky.social, for our new paper 'Ending the Patient Gridlock' – out today as part of our Hospital of the Future programme. Read the paper here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

Extremely grateful for this endorsement from the inimitable Stephen Black - exactly how we hoped this paper would be received. Read the paper here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

"It's the year 2040, and Dame Louise Casey has been asked to lead a taskforce to tackle the [insert institution failure]. This is her 234th review/taskforce in the past 15 years. Her commission on social care is now due to report in 2042" A slightly tongue-in-cheek but deadly serious blog from me

That's a wrap. Labour party conference 2025 is done. Brilliant work by the @re-state.bsky.social team - but a special shout out to Beth who bossed the whole thing 👏

The PM is announcing the government is setting up a virtual hospital This is game changing - & a reform we exclusively called for in our paper paper out a few months ago: 'Hospital as a service, not a building' Huge win for @rosiebeacon.bsky.social & @alicesemark.bsky.social Real world impact 👏

In our latest Re:Think, Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social explores the big themes from our event with Sarah Olney MP at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference last weekend. Check it out here: re-state.co.uk/rethink/libe...

Really proud of this new project We've put our money where our mouth is and launched the Re:State Leaders Network, a programme to support senior civil servants to lead during a time of immense complexity and challenge Read @jo3hill.bsky.social on the why and what 👇

Hospitals are struggling with productivity. That means fewer patients seen and treated. This new paper from @floconway.bsky.social and @rosiebeacon.bsky.social lays out the quick wins that automation could deliver - not only for productivity but also patient safety and workforce satisfaction 👇

The hospital is a unique economic unit. Incredibly understudied, even in an NHS which has accidentally (and incorrectly) been plugging more and more resource into secondary care over the last two decades. Automation has huge potential. Great new paper today from the team.

If you're at Conservative Party Conference this year, don't miss what will be a fascinating conversation on a Conservative vision to remake the State, with Claire Coutinho MP, Alex Burghart MP, and @charliepickles.bsky.social Email [email protected] to attend!

Today: Policy Director, Joe Hill, writes to The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, newly appointed Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with his take on where focus should lie. re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...

⭐ Special blog series: Re:Shuffle ⭐ We’re marking the ministerial reshuffle with daily open letters from our researchers to newly appointed ministers – setting out what we think should top their priority list for better public services.

Looking forward to joining Newsnight tonight to discuss, well, a whole lot of politics!!

Should one national agency really hold the keys to solving England’s housing crisis? In our latest Re:Think, Researcher, @coryberman.bsky.social , writes about why Homes England should be abolished and its powers devolved to local leaders. Read the blog here 👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/home...

👀 One more sleep... Cracking read from the @re-state.bsky.social Local State team @stkaye.bsky.social If you want ambitious devolution, you can't leave central government machinery as is 👇

I'm all for professionalising the role of Special Advisers, e.g. with much better admin support. But the civil service can only do so much - politicians need to lead. In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better re-state.co.uk/publications...

This opening line from @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social to the BMA is absolutely 🔥 "I never left"

There is so much more the centre of government could do to be effective - including significantly bolstering the Prime Minister’s team. But a starting point should be far more political appointees, rather than layering more SCS jobs on top of the Cabinet Office. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

As the great Ronnie Coleman once said, "everybody wants to be a [devolver] but nobody wants to [draw the map]". But luckily @stkaye.bsky.social and @seaneke.bsky.social have! Great to see in our paper, out today. Already picking out which province I want to be the Governor of. Which do you want? 🔗👇