We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers? Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it. Grateful for RTs

Seeing like a place. A weekend share of this. Some reflections from great summit on child poverty last week. More local approaches can be more intelligent and intentional, but can they rise to the gravity of the political moment? medium.com/@jamestplunk...

📆 Join us online on 17 July, for a live discussion with the framework’s authors @danhonig.bsky.social and @jamestplunkett.bsky.social to discover how to successfully implement mission-driven approaches. 🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/4k2IhUK

New thing klaxon! How do you know if your organisation is mission-driven? Today we’re releasing a mission maturity framework I’ve co-authored with @danhonig.bsky.social and Vinuri Dissanaya at Georgetown Better Government Lab in collaboration with Nesta. Link: www.nesta.org.uk/report/on-mi.... 1/n

www.linkedin.com/company/publ... been meaning to cross post this on here. First PSR newsletter! Please share @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @simonparker.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @jamestplunkett.bsky.social

🌠 @georgiagould.bsky.social’s keynote was a real highlight of #StrongerThings 2025. She spoke about her determination to create sustainable change. And about building a movement for public service reform – Test, Learn and Grow.

The Cabinet Office Test, Learn and Grow team are hiring 11 roles across product, delivery management, data analysis and design. Come work with us on public sector reform! www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Really welcome Pat McFadden's speech on taking a more agile 'test & learn' approach to public service responses to complex social challenges At @neweconomics.bsky.social, we've written about how this model could be applied to improving employment support for ill & disabled people... 🧵

I've just watched back the Pat McFadden speech about "test & learn" - here's the full transcript which is worth a proper read. Some of the early headlines weren't helpful IMO, but overall I'm very optimistic 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/s...

This morning, we’re in UCL East watching Chancellor the Duchy Pat McFadden announce the government’s new ‘test-and-learn’ approach to public service delivery. We’ll be tweeting along and offering our key takeaways - read on 🧵 @uclpolicylab.bsky.social

Wise words from James as ever. Particularly on the language required to do this work and communicate it to a variety of different audiences

Just wow

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... an everyday story of local government

shorturl.at/ANWU9 leading Central London Forward is an important job and I’ve loved working with - and occasionally for - them over the years @joedromey.bsky.social has done a fab job of it. If you’ve the drive to help make London’s economy a more inclusive one then it’s well worth checking out

Did this social work starter pack less than a week ago and it's already tripled in size. Lots of lovely people doing interesting things in the social work world. Shout me if you'd like an add!

Starting a new role as Director of Public Service reform within Cabinet Office. Haven’t figured out how to use this place properly for work yet (especially so in an HMG job) but I am at least here so get in touch if you want to get some stuff done. Most of you know how to reach me!

How can we transform public service design and delivery by focusing on the power of human relationships? We talked to @nick80.bsky.social and Osian Jones about the work being done at Camden Council to build a new relational approach to public services. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

NEW: Sure Start, the national programme which provided universal, holistic support during the early years, significantly reduced serious youth crime. Read our new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on children’s behaviour, youth offending and social care contacts: https://buff.ly/4eSRptk

Really looking forward to this on Wednesday. Among other things, we'll be chatting about digital public infrastructure and the design approaches needed for next generation public services

I started this a few years ago, but never finished: workingintheopen.xyz maybe it could be the start of a community resource? HTML file is here: github.com/richardjpope...

I’m in Copenhagen early Nov for work (time with Lokal Tryghed and the Danish Social Innovation Association). We’ve a spare day at the end (8/11). Does anyone have recommendations for folks to see on innovation, design and public service reform? Suggestions on here/[email protected] welcome!

So, the event I came to Liverpool to do got cancelled as I got off the train yesterday. I have a free day in Liverpool If anyone wants to chat about digital public services. Will swap books for coffee.

Sensible perspective on where the Darzi review leaves social care from ADASS VP Jess McGregor www.adass.org.uk/lord-darzis-...

NEW report: How can the government meet its housing targets? The latest in our chronic policy problem series - we look at why past governments have failed to meet their targets and 10 principles the government should follow to set a better record. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

One last share of this - on dashboards, data, and missions 👀

I realise there are all sorts of caveats about comparability, what the data captures and its underlying quality but even with that UK homelessness levels are just shocking ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Hey - has anybody found the housing people on here yet? More housing management, homelessness etc than planning and supply @jesstud.bsky.social @pialidg.bsky.social @tobylloyd.bsky.social

Calling all folk with an interest in UK public policy: I’ve created a starter pack of think tankers, policy analysts & commentators active on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/LtNiL1o

I've made a starter pack for UK-based planners, please share with your followers on the bad place, to help make it easier for them switch. (A starter pack is a BlueSky invitation with a ready-made list of 50 people to follow in one click) go.bsky.app/MaKkxbw

Lots of buzz on here today. Can we all commit to doing this again tomorrow too? Lots of this will be retraining muscle memory!

Did this thing in the MJ on missions and local gov and am having a go a ditching the other place too :) www.themj.co.uk/local-govern...

🎉You can now **preorder** my book 🎉 lpp-books.sumupstore.com/product/plat... It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly. The next generation of public services should work harder + fulfil their public duty to be understandable, accountable, and democratic

Welcome all to BlueSky. Now please use it. I know that my own temptation to stay with twitter is primarily because of a collective action problem. If people are going to stay on here it needs to be active.