🚨New report: A Mid-Career Fast Stream. Today we publish a detailed guide for the Government on how to create a new Mid-Career Fast Stream so that exceptionally talented people from outside the civil service have a dedicated route to apply. re-state.co.uk/publications...

A Mid-Career Fast Stream - Re:State

The challenges facing the public sector are daunting, but for many people that’s why they want to work in government. Civil service roles come with the chance to make a real difference to people's liv...

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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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A very long read on how to build a successful No 10 North open.substack.com/pub/restate/...

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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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? 🧵

For years (decades even) progressive think-tanks have been developing and publishing proposals for radical change. Devolution, Social Care, 'the quangocracy'... And now there's a window of opportunity, as described here by @simonkaye.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/restate/...

In The MJ, Re:State Director of Policy and Research, Simon Kaye (@stkaye.bsky.social), argues why Andy Burnham should make the case for greater fiscal devolution. Read the full article here: www.themj.co.uk/burnham-devo...

Burnham should devolve power just as he has finally seized it

In the midst of political turmoil, a new prime minister arrives promising to do things differently: to break the paralysis in Westminster and prioritise the ‘left...

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At the heart of our new report is a sequence of recommendations that would transform our country into a far more fiscally decentralised system over the coming years. Treasury is working on a fiscal devo 'roadmap' - here's what the fiscal devo motorway would look like. Not easy... but worthwhile.

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 NEW REPORT📢 🧩 Fiscal devolution is the missing piece of England's devolution agenda. Without genuine fiscal firepower behind it, there is no "devolution revolution". ✈️ In "Taxing for take-off", we set out our blueprint for an ambitious decentralisation of tax power 👇

📢 NEW REPORT📢 🧩 Fiscal devolution is the missing piece of England's devolution agenda. Without genuine fiscal firepower behind it, there is no "devolution revolution". ✈️ In "Taxing for take-off", we set out our blueprint for an ambitious decentralisation of tax power 👇

An incredibly important challenge to tackle - for women's health and for the economy.

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢NEW WRITE-UP📢 Last month, we were thrilled to host a panel on the intersection of women's health and economic outcomes, with an exceptional panel: Dr Amanda Doyle OBE, Dr Sue Mann, and Baroness Geeta Nargund. Today, we've published the write-up summarising the key themes! Check it out below👇

The Re:View is out! 🥳 This week our Director of Policy & Research @stkaye.bsky.social writes about the implication of the local election results for the future of devolution. restate.substack.com/p/the-review...

The Re:View 8 May 2026

Allow me to be 859th person to welcome you to our new era of genuinely multi-party politics. There will be a lot of ink spilt today on the death of the two big parties,

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A new civil service code, ready to replace the old one, courtesy of @matthewfeeney.bsky.social @jo3hill.bsky.social, and @charliepickles.bsky.social. re-state.co.uk/publications...

📢NEW RESEARCH: ‘Beyond caring’📢 England’s later life social care funding model is on the brink of collapse. The system is unfair and unsustainable. Our new report, launched yesterday, makes the case for a radically different model: a prefunded system with a 'triple guarantee' of protections.

The cost of state-funded social care is bankrupting local government — and still leaves so many without the support they need.

Very important report on #socialcare funding… from @stkaye.bsky.social @alicesemark.bsky.social @re-state.bsky.social raises some vital questions that need debating and relevant to the Casey review 👇

Simon Kaye@stkaye.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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.

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.

Mayor of the North East Combined Authority Kim McGuinness sets out why, with fiscal devolution on the horizon, now is the right time for the Devo Next Initiative 👇

Really excited about this! The English devolution agenda is making progress. But this should not represent the limit of ambition - which is why we're launching 'The Devo Next Initiative' today to define and shape the future of devolution policy.

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"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...

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.

Re:State@re-state.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"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...

"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...

The Devo Next Initiative - Re:State

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This looks like an excellent and much-needed initiative to shape where devolution goes next. open.substack.com/pub/restate/...

Where should devolution go next?

Why we're setting up the Devo Next Initiative to shape the future of English devolution policy

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Thanks for having me on James!

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · 6mo ago

New YIMBY Pod: Let Mayors Cook! 💵 Reeves' plan to give mayors a slice of income tax. 📺 Some mad NIMBY bias on the BBC (again) 🏙️ And we speak to Simon Kaye from @re-state.bsky.social about why we need to redraw London's boroughs! Listen/subscribe: www.abundancepod.com/p/let-mayors...

Budget day means it's also Re:Act day! The Re:State team has been busily reading and analysing today's Budget to bring you a snap analysis that gets behind the spin to get to the deeper changes and their implications.

Very proud of Our Policy Director @jo3hill.bsky.social winning 'Think Tanker of the Year' at last night's inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social Think Tank Awards Also chuffed to have been named the runner up to the esteemed IFS as Think Tank of the Year.

Well I mean we don't like to go on about it

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Labour is also a lot more aware of their problem, which is why Re:State, a cross party think tank, can still have a big influence on aspects of government policy.

What was the most read in September? Congrats to @suttontrust.bsky.social HJS @thefabians.bsky.social @pbe.co.uk @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @re-state.bsky.social @niesrorg.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social who all had reports feature in this month's top 10! 🎉

“Westminster makes a fraud out of good people” – Andy Burnham didn’t hold back in Liverpool.

In this Re:Think , Policy Director @stkaye.bsky.social explores the key discussion points from our in-person ‘Meetings with Mayors’ event with Mayor Burnham, including his frank assessment of Whitehall and his vision for a more bottom-up politics. re-state.co.uk/rethink/my-c...

My conversation with Andy Burnham, Mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Re:State

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Not one to miss! Come and find us at the Holiday Inn, a stone's throw from the secure zone

Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place@livuniheseltine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Next up at Labour Party Conference we join @re-state.bsky.social and @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social for a session on innovation and public services.

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...

Liberal Democrat party conference: achieving local renewal - Re:State

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