A carefully considered proposal for funding adult social care, introduced here by @charliepickles.bsky.social of @re-state.bsky.social You probably won't like it, but that comes with the territory. And there's a prompt here to offer improvements or alternatives. open.substack.com/pub/restate/...

Getting serious about social care

Three reasons why a Later Life Care Fund is the right answer

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Our social care proposals made the headlines, but it seems maybe some people didn't go & read the (78 page) report behind them (😮) So I thought I'd clear up some misunderstandings & challenge some of the more unserious takes Do disagree, but do so on the facts restate.substack.com/p/getting-se...

Getting serious about social care

Three reasons why a Later Life Care Fund is the right answer

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Given recent events in UK politics this is worth a read (or re-read, it's 2 years old but part of the proposed roadmap has already happened and it doesn't seem at all dated.) HT @ardernkate.bsky.social re-state.co.uk/publications...

Close enough to care: A new structure for the English health and care system - Re:State

In Reimagining Health: a framing paper, Re:State set out the case for a radical new approach to health. Close enough to care is the first of a series of papers setting out root and branch reform of th...

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What might Burnham's fiscal devo mean for current strategic authorities? We worked out what assigning 1p, 2p and 2.5p in each pound of basic rate income tax would mean in revenue terms 🧵

Absolute BLITZ of press for @re-state.bsky.social work this morning ahead of the PM’s fiscal devolution announcements, in line with our plan to replace grants from HMT with 2.5p of the basic rate of income tax. BBC, Politico, the i and the Guardian.

Re:State Chief Executive, Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social , appeared on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight to discuss our proposal of a new funding model for adult social care. Listen to the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=BOGGIgyvBBU&feature=youtu.be

Charlotte Pickles, Chief Executive, The World Tonight July 2026

YouTube video by Re:State

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Definitely worth a listen to @charliepickles.bsky.social 👇

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 6d ago

Re:State Chief Executive, Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social , appeared on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight to discuss our proposal of a new funding model for adult social care. Listen to the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=BOGGIgyvBBU&feature=youtu.be

💥The Times covering two areas of our research today: 1. Our proposal to fund social care costs through a new social insurance model. 2. Proposals for fiscal devolution ahead of Andy Burnham's speech, and the move towards retained income tax where @alwalker.bsky.social is quoted.

How to buy British Politicians want procurement to be used to give more contracts to British businesses. They're right to want this, but wrong to use mandates. @jo3hill.bsky.social has written a Re:Act on the Chancellor's plans to "buy British". restate.substack.com/p/how-to-buy...

How to buy British

The Governments plans for procurement reform

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Social care - the third rail of British politics Great to see Burnham acting on, rather than just talking about, the social care crisis But there is a real risk that the choices he makes could actually make things worse... 🧵

Huge day for the @re-state.bsky.social team today in Politico, with coverage that the Government are looking at the plans for a social insurance model for funding care from our paper 'Beyond caring', and that we have a new report out with @jacktshaw.bsky.social on fiscal devolution.

The Re:View is out! This week, Senior Researcher, Alex Walker (@alwalker.bsky.social), argues that No 10 North must be more than just a regional outpost of Whitehall. Instead, it should be an engine for devolution and regional growth. Read Alex's Re:View here: open.substack.com/pub/restate/...

The Re:View 24 July 2026

This week, the UK got a new Prime Minister – its seventh in a decade. He is, he says, committed to “the remaking of the British state”. It’s a good line: our strapline here at Re:State is “bold ideas ...

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Whitehall has a people problem Talent is not taken seriously enough; the Civil Service is bad at deploying & rewarding it. It's also very bad at dealing with poor performers (a source of deep source of frustration for talented officials) Whitehall needs to fix it's talent problem 🧵

Your country needs you 🫵 Talented people often want a change of career for more meaningful work. Government can be a great fit, but civil service hiring can feel closed off. @jo3hill.bsky.social has written about how our Mid-Career Fast Stream solves that. restate.substack.com/p/your-count...

Your country needs you

Why you should join the Mid-Career Fast Stream

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No10 North could be great for changing how power works in Westminster, but the rest of the machinery of government changes yesterday feel like just another rebranding exercise. Where's the real plan for reform? Great to read @charliepickles.bsky.social on this in The Times this morning.

Excellent to see our latest report, Building No 10 North, featured in a BBC News article covering the first details to emerge of the Government's new Northern branch of Downing Street. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Whitehall officials offered move to No 10 North in Manchester

London-based civil servants willing to move north have been told they will be offered relocation packages, the BBC understands.

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This long read by @stkaye.bsky.social is great (HT @oldtrotter.bsky.social) I'd add/emphasise: - institution building needs clear remit *and* org culture - 'doing things differently' demands new faces with new ideas/approaches - needs deep policy experts alongside outstanding system leaders

Building No 10 North

A plan to ensure that this is something more than a slice of Whitehall with a Manchester postcode

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Brilliant Must read thread and blog on No 10 North from @charliepickles.bsky.social @stkaye.bsky.social @re-state.bsky.social .. 👇Hope the PM, Lou Haigh and Angie Rayner take note.

Charlotte Pickles@charliepickles.bsky.social · 2w ago

How do you build No 10 North? PM Burnham has promised to create a new, powerful entity in Manchester to help drive his devo agenda & rebalance power in the country But what should it actually *do* & *how* can Burnham build it? 🧵

How do you build No 10 North? PM Burnham has promised to create a new, powerful entity in Manchester to help drive his devo agenda & rebalance power in the country But what should it actually *do* & *how* can Burnham build it? 🧵

🚨Last day of @re-state.bsky.social's Alternative People Survey 2026🚨 If you're a civil servant, please fill in our survey today. Don't miss the chance to give your opinion on the things which impact your work! It's completely anonymous and takes 5-10mins. 👉 survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91132417/...

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 4w ago

📣1 week left to complete our Alternative People Survey 2026📣 It gives civil servants the chance to share their views on the issues that matter most – and it takes less than 10 minutes to complete! Take part here: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91132417/...

📢NEW REPORT📢 Adult social care is a vital public service, frequently overlooked. The quality and availability of adult social care depend on its vast workforce. But, the workforce is struggling. Today's report lays out our solution. Read it here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

📢 NEW REPORT: 'Counting the cost: the economic impact of underserving women's health' 📢 Women make up half the population, yet women's health has long been under-researched, under-resourced, and under-prioritised across our health system: a bias that costs our economy millions.

This paper, produced with insight from eight Mayoral Strategic Authorities, is available now: re-state.co.uk/publications...

Design principles for the fiscal devolution roadmap - Re:State

Fiscal devolution would be a genuinely dramatic shift.   It would put firepower behind regional efforts to tackle the productivity puzzle, enabling places to go further in experimenting with approache...

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🚨 NEW FROM THE DEVO NEXT INITIATIVE 🚨 The Chancellor’s commitment to develop a fiscal devolution roadmap represents a significant opportunity. Re:State's Devo Next Initiative today publishes a set of design principles to realise the full potential of fiscal devolution.

There have been 570 mental health homicides in the past 30 years - in almost every case the perpertrator was known to services, was not taking meds and there were failures of risk assessments, communication, and discharge planning.

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Have mental health services gone too far in balancing the rights of the patient against public safety for those with serious mental health illness? As the Nottingham Inquiry concludes its evidence, families affected by homicide speak out: www.thetimes.com/article/eb00...

This is shaping up very nicely indeed!

Great to see our Director of Strategy, @jo3hill.bsky.social, featured on the latest episode of the Radical Reformers podcast. Joe discusses bold ideas for public service reform and what genuine policy change looks like. Listen to the full podcast here: www.mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical...

Radical Reformers ep.117: Everythingism with Joe Hill, Director of Strategy, Re:State.

In the latest episode of the Radical Reformers podcast, I sit down with Joe Hill, Director of Strategy at Re:state (and the winner of last year’s Think Tanker of the Year award!), for a timely and tho...

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I don't think the public is his audience Imagine he'd strongly argue that it's the role of a leader to listen & respond to public concerns yes, but ultimately to *shape* public opinion through debate & persuasion & actually changing outcomes (delivering) Bit of a lost art among politicians

Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Have some longer thoughts on the Blair intervention, but big challenge for him is, fairly or not, the public aren't particularly inclined to want govt to listen. When we asked about which ex-PMs (and podcasting MPs) govt should listen to he got lowest 'worth listening to' of any ex PM bar Truss.

"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...