Congrats Phil Tinline on publication of a brilliant, timely report.

Required reading for anyone working in policy atm!

My thoughts on Labour’s IHT announcement.

Stay tuned for much more on this from Demos Dan Goss Andrew O'Brien this year!

Really excited for this next month!

Delighted that Lord Bethell Anita Charlesworth Delyth Morgan will be joining Demos to talk all things prevention.

Thanks to fab Demos Public Services 2030 Network partners @CIPFA Reed in Partnership The WEA Institute of Employability Professionals!

So much looking forward to this event with Karl Pike on his new book Getting Over New Labour. Do join us on 7th March - details below 👇

Liz Kendall: 'I do not want Jobcentres to be places of fear. I want Jobcentres to be places where you can go and get the support you need to get work.'

Great to see Labour discussing reform - but don't underestimate the scale of change required. 🧵

thetimes.co.uk/article/jobcen…

Very much looking forward to this...

My latest blog for Demos analysing Rachel Reeves' Mais Lecture.

There are three visions outlined in the speech, but which one will we get under Labour?

demos.co.uk/blogs/there-ar…

Public sector productivity - everyone is talking about it, including the Chancellor at #Budget2024 , but are we thinking about it in the wrong way? My latest piece for Civil Service World

civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…

Rachel Reeves praises Karl Polanyi’s insights on how market economies become “disembedded” from society in her Mais Lecture.

Last couple of days to apply for these...

Just reflecting on Institute for Government centre of government report. We've known about this problem for at least 15 years. Why hasn't someone fixed it?

NHS E are making A&E performance a competition with million pound cash prizes for the top ranked trusts.
This does not seem like a good incentive system.
Note that letter issued today (12 March) for performance in March.
england.nhs.uk/long-read/urge…

Interesting. Have long argued employment policy should be led out of the department leading on skills, business, local economic development etc, not DWP, who have increasingly oriented employment programmes to the ends of people fulfilling benefit conditionality & little else.

Interesting from Ben Glover on Liz Kendall recent speech. I like the idea of DWP becoming a kind of access to work and progression in work department even if that's a hell of a culture shift. In this model, deep collaboration with employers will be key

labourlist.org/2024/03/liz-ke…