Mark Sandford from the House of Commons Library has written a Local Government Chronicle article which highlights FGF's Impactful Devolution 04 report on strategic authorities.
Read it here 🔽
www.lgcplus.com/politics/dev...
Mark Sandford from the House of Commons Library has written a Local Government Chronicle article which highlights FGF's Impactful Devolution 04 report on strategic authorities.
Read it here 🔽
www.lgcplus.com/politics/dev...
On #InternationalWomen'sDay the chair of FGF’s Social Insights Panel, @pollyneate.bsky.social has written an article in @bigissue.com on why a radical shift to prevention is the only way to end violence against women & girls.
#IWD2026
Read Polly’s article 🔽🔽🔽
www.bigissue.com/opinion/inte...
On #InternationalWomen'sDay the chair of FGF’s Social Insights Panel, @pollyneate.bsky.social has written an article in @bigissue.com on why a radical shift to prevention is the only way to end violence against women & girls.
#IWD2026
Read Polly’s article 🔽🔽🔽
www.bigissue.com/opinion/inte...
Why the Home Secretary is taking a gamble with her asylum reforms, and what a progressive alternative should look like
New blog at @futuregovforum.bsky.social ⬇️
Ahead of today's speech by Shabana Mahmood on #asylum, FGF’s @emilyagraham.bsky.social sets out a progressive alternatives to how government can deliver on asylum, preserve fundamental rights while restoring order, safety and trust.
Read it here 🔽🔽🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-home-s...
Read our FGF takeaways from the Chancellor’s #SpringStatement, her forthcoming 2026 Mais Lecture and the government's autumn Budget ⬇️⬇️⬇️
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/fgfs-sprin...
Watch FGF Chief Economist, Dan Corry, explain how the government’s new Green Book has taken on board lots of things FGF have called for, especially changes that will be good for investment projects outside London and the SE 🔽🔽🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/green-ligh...
Quite the finding in @philtinline.bsky.social @futuregovforum.bsky.social report on power
Nearly 61% who think their local high street is bad blame the council - just 37% think it's changing consumer demands
Telling how often it is institutions, not social forces, people point the finger at!
Missed our event on how government can make a success of Pride in Place?
We were joined by an expert panel for a lively discussion on what makes Pride in Place different from neighbourhood policy efforts that have come before.
Watch the event back now 👇
youtu.be/exkdpZgvjpw
Delighted to be asked to talk about my Power Failure paper for @futuregovforum.bsky.social with the inestimable @jamesomalley.co.uk
Watch FGF Chief Economist, Dan Corry, explain how the government’s new Green Book has taken on board lots of things FGF have called for, especially changes that will be good for investment projects outside London and the SE 🔽🔽🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/green-ligh...
Now that the revised Green Book is here, how’s it looking? Dan has written for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social and argues it is an encouraging start.
But it will still be *political will* more than anything that determines whether investment materialises: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
These changes are something we at FGF have argued are necessary (but not sufficient) to see investment spread right across the UK as part of the govt's growth agenda
Our Chief Economist @danrcorry.bsky.social set out the arguments back in December: www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/cha...
There's been a lot going on of late, so you'd be forgiven for missing the fact that earlier this month the Treasury issued an updated version of its 'Green Book' - which could have a significant impact on how public money is invested beyond London and the South East
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Ben says the question isn't whether a revolution is coming or not, it's "whether Labour or a triumphant Nigel Farage will lead it".
We called it a choice between 'disrupt and deliver' or 'disrupt and destroy'. At FGF we're making the case for the former, and setting out how govt can get there.
'In Power 01', led by FGF director @yeowell.bsky.social and chair (and former Deputy Cab Sec) Helen MacNamara, was the result of over 100 interviews with experts and argued for a new centre of govt structured around strategy & politics; policy & delivery; diplomatic & security; and private office.
His main recommendation - "we need to go Australian with a Department of the Prime Minister" - is the same conclusion we reached at @futuregovforum.bsky.social after our in-depth look at how Downing Street functions last year
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/in-...
"Slow, secretive and sclerotic, the government machinery itself is jammed. Our good intentions, in a busted system, are not enough. You need scepticism, a plan and some history."
Thoughtful piece from @benjudah.bsky.social on the problems with the British state
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
‘In Britain it will cost at least 300billion pounds ($410billion) to upgrade infrastructure over the next decade according to Future Governance Forum’
@nytimes.com story by @patcohen.bsky.social illustrates the scale of the infrastructure challenge facing the UK 🔽
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
FGF has long called for a new model of public-private partnership - ‘Infrastructure Investment Partnerships’ - to get Britain building again. Read more here 🔽🔽🔽
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/reb...
The @nytimes.com article links to a blog by our Deputy Director @adamterryfgf.bsky.social ahead of last year's Budget, arguing that the government needs to show it is serious about fixing our crumbling public realm 🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...
‘In Britain it will cost at least 300billion pounds ($410billion) to upgrade infrastructure over the next decade according to Future Governance Forum’
@nytimes.com story by @patcohen.bsky.social illustrates the scale of the infrastructure challenge facing the UK 🔽
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
FGF’s ‘Rebuilding the Nation 05: Spurring Innovation’ report found innovation is held back by an incoherent approach to funding and smart #regulation and put forward recommendations aimed at accelerating innovation and productivity.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/reb...
At the Lords Industry & Regulators Committee FGF's @danrcorry.bsky.social explained his environmental regulation review for Defra, what it tells us about regulation & how the regulatory system must focus on outcomes & take a more sensible approach to risk
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
See you on 24 Feb! We're determined to improve our place by taking a systematic approach to community power—organising people with energy and ideas, building their collective ability to realise change. They can’t go it alone—we must actively draw everyone into the community of place: bit.ly/3M2PM34
How can we make Pride in Place a success?
Join us on 24 Feb & hear from:
🗣️Claire Wightman, @grapevinecovwarks.bsky.social
🗣️Monica Needs, ex Barking & Dagenham
🗣️Alex Boys, @localtrust.org.uk
🗣️Pritpal S Tamber & Ollie Smith, FGF Associates
🪑@gracewyld.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-go...
'Walk down Whitehall and look at the buildings. ... Those stern facades do not say: “Oh dear oh dear, we don’t know what to do. Can someone phone McKinsey?” No – they say, “We are here to govern.” So what’s gone wrong?'
My latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A brilliant rejoinder by @philtinline.bsky.social to the increasingly consensus right-wing view of the modern British state. The state has been hollowed out and is failing many people––but the solution is not more privatisation or markets, but more democracy!
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
There’s a lot to unpack in @philtinline.bsky.social report. Review by @jonnelledge.bsky.social is a good place to start.
Both really worth a read.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/wp-content/u...
