What is the Conservative vision for the economy and public finances? Join us at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester in conversation with Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Mel Stride, to discuss the party's future economic policy. Email [email protected] to attend

What do officials think of performance management in the civil service? Here's what we found in our Alternative People Survey with @re-state.bsky.social... (Spoiler: one of the responses is “I have never seen talented colleagues so demoralised.”) www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...

3️⃣...2️⃣...1️⃣ WEEK LEFT... Really looking forward to chairing this. Strategic Authorities are important new players in the vital work of public service reform, with projects like OPSI at Liverpool City Region fostering real innovation. Join us for the discussion in Liverpool on Monday!

📢🚨 New Labour Party Conference Event Added 🚨📢 We’re delighted to announce a newly confirmed Labour Party Conference event: an in conversation with Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

The Re:View is out! 🎉 This week, Head of Health, @rosiebeacon.bsky.social reflects on the Government’s delivery agenda in the NHS, and argues that genuine reform requires bottom-up insight, not just top-down discipline. Read it here: re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

We can't wait to host this roundtable event at Labour Party Conference with Antonia Bance on the future of the construction industry. To see our full events programme at Labour Party Conference, go to re-state.co.uk/labour-party...

'The Law of Rule' For this week's Re:Think long read, @jo3hill.bsky.social has written about the challenges of regulatory reform, why the Government's current approach is struggling, and why we're working on it. re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...

🚨New paper out today!🚨 There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight. We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations. Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

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!

Labour Party Conference is just round the corner and we cannot wait for this live version of Meetings with Mayors with GMCA Mayor Andy Burnham.🤩 There'll be lots to discuss - devolution, economic growth and more!

🚨We are hiring!🚨 This is a role that does not come up very often - an entry-level opportunity to get started in the world of think tanks. Our Research Assistants play a part in every aspect of what we do as a small, fun, hard-working team. Find the details here: re-state.co.uk/opportunity/...

⭐ Special blog series: Re:Shuffle ⭐ This week 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.

⭐ 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.

⭐ 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.

🚨 New 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!!

🎉The Re:View is out! This week, our Director, @charliepickles.bsky.social argues that the PM’s latest No.10 reshuffle won’t deliver real change, only a full overhaul of the machinery of government can. Read below 👇👇👇 re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

How much power should mayors really have? Lord Ben Houchen says it’s time to decide. In our latest Re:Think, Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social, reflects on his conversation with the Tees Valley Mayor - the latest in our Meetings with Mayors series. Check it out👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/my-c...

Just about to start our fifth Meetings with Mayors event, this time with Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley. Sign up below! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The UK won’t hit 1.5 million homes without a shake-up - could mayors be the answer? In our latest Re:Think, Researcher, @seaneke.bsky.social, explores why devolving Homes England’s powers could unlock more housebuilding. Check it out here👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/devo...

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...

🚨NEW REPORT: 'NEW HOUSE RULES'🚨 Kickstarting housebuilding in England is an enormous challenge. In this report, Re:State makes the case for abolishing the arms length body Homes England and devolving most of its functions to the emerging tier of Strategic Authorities.

This week, Senior Researcher, Joe Martin, published his first piece in Civil Service World. In it, he argues that the savings challenge facing Whitehall should be as a chance reform the civil service in ways that strengthen its capability for the future - not just reduce its costs today.

Cutting red tape isn’t the only way to boost business – sometimes it’s about rewriting the rules in real time. In our latest Re:Think, Research Intern, Joseph Crouch, asks what the UK’s sandbox experiment tells us about smarter regulation. Check out the blog here👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/sand...

As the battle for relegation commences this weekend, the battle for regulation is already lost. In this week’s Re:Think, researcher @coryberman.bsky.social explores how football’s new regulator tells us everything about Britain’s love of more regulators.

Last year our team made the first comprehensive case for an entirely different model of political support, in our flagship paper 'Grown up government'. It's great to see more interest from the research community in this vital topic.

NYC governs through chaos - and makes it work. London, by contrast, is still learning how. In our latest Re:Think, Researcher, @seaneke.bsky.social , writes about the contrasting capabilities of London and New York to deliver change at city scale. Read the blog here👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/lond...

On Friday I wrote, contra Janan Ganesh and @samfr.bsky.social, why the 'Broken Britain' narrative is (basically) legitimate - and represents a hail mary opportunity for policymakers to develop radical ideas equal to the moment. re-state.co.uk/review/revie... (And sign up to our newsletter!)

What *is* a fair wage for a resident doctor? Research Manager and Head of Health, @rosiebeacon.bsky.social , blog imagines a clear-eyed conversation between two people on opposite sides of the strikes – and asks where the line between fairness and affordability really lies.

Only 10 senior civil servants under 30, an outsized HR function, and barely anyone leaving. Senior Researcher, @joemartin25.bsky.social, digs into this year’s Civil Service workforce stats. Read this week's blog here 👇👇👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/civi...

The Re:View is out! 🎉 This week, Research Manager and Head of Health, @rosiebeacon.bsky.social analyses the resident doctor strikes. Read it here 👇 re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

Researcher, @alicesemark.bsky.social , has written this week's Re:Think (blog) about 'The unsolved puzzle of adult social care.' Read the full blog here👇👇👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...

ICYMI, last week we published 'Go big or go home'. Current devo plans could result in small & incoherent SAs in England's low-density, rural and polycentric places. Provinces should be established to address this. It sets out one potential map of 11 provinces, alongside 6 SAs:

The Re:View is out! 🎉 This week, Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social reflects on a series of announcements surrounding devolution and decentralisation. Read below 👇👇👇 re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

📢NEW REPORT: 'GO BIG OR GO HOME' The 'devolution revolution' may yet result in small and underpowered Strategic Authorities in England's low-density, rural, and polycentric places. This report proposes a system of full-scale Provinces to ensure England's regions can take flight.

Researcher, @floconway.bsky.social, has written about the urgent need for Govt to act following another child death from measles Check out her piece here👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/we-b...

Our 'Meetings with Mayors' series continues in September with Ben Houchen, Mayor of the Tees Valley! Make sure you're signed up👉[email protected] 📩

The Re:View is out! This week, Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social reflects on three long-term challenges the government faces surrounding the public finances. Read below 👇👇👇 re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

NEW: 'Trusting place: Improving the lives of local people through place-based approaches' At a pivotal moment for local services, we joined forces with @mutualventures.bsky.social to outline a new model for @local.gov.uk. 22 proposals, based on engagement with 50+ practitioners and experts.

Some of you know I’ve spent a lot of time speaking to civil servants about what it’s like working in govt - culminating in my project Civil Unrest with @re-state.bsky.social nearly 2 yrs ago. And now I'm back at it, speaking to 50 officials about the change of govt + Labour's 1st year. 🧵👇

To mark the launch of our latest publication: 'The Alternative People Survey', Senior Researcher, @joemartin25.bsky.social, has written his three key takeaways from the report... 🧑‍🤝‍🧑📝

NEW REPORT: Today we have published The Alternative People Survey - a survey of civil servants on questions which aren't covered in the official annual People Survey. In partnership with @civilserviceworld.bsky.social we surveyed over 1,200 civil servants. re-state.co.uk/publications...

Report launch eve @re-state.bsky.social! Standby.

In the aftermath of the 10 Year Plan, Researcher, @alicesemark.bsky.social, has written about the key feature it seems to have overlooked: communication 📞📲📩

The Re:View is out! This week, Senior Researcher, @joemartin25.bsky.social, reflects on efforts at headcount reduction and workforce reform within Whitehall. Read it here👇 re-state.co.uk/review/revie...

We read it so you don't have to! Check out our snap analysis on the 10 Year Plan - highly ambitious but minimal on delivery. But nevertheless some interesting ideas in there. Read below 👇🔗 re-state.co.uk/react/react-...

Yday, we were thrilled to host our 'Re:Imagining Health' conference. A stellar line-up, expert attendees and AC made for a fab day! Up first, an 'In conversation' with hospital CEOs, Dr Nnenna Osuji and Richard Mitchell Read @floconway.bsky.social's key takeaways👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/in-c...

Kicking off our afternoon, we are delighted to be joined by Minister for Care, ‪@skinnock.bsky.social Recognising the scale of the challenges, Stephen is delving into how this gov will deliver its 3 shifts and rebuild the NHS Key will be the NHS founding principles and delivering for patients 👨‍👩‍👧

& we’re off! Our flagship ‘Re:Imagining Health’ conference at Salesforce Tower begins Starting with an ‘In conversation’ with hospital CEOs. We’re thrilled to be joined by Dr Nnenna Osuji, North Middlesex Hospitals, and Richard Mitchell, University Hospitals Leicester and Northamptonshire 🏥

The Re:View is out! This week, Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social, explores the merits of the recently published Modern Industrial Strategy...