ICYMI: Our new report, "A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland's Implementation Gap" was published this week! Catch up on the event featuring report author Jamie Gollings, OSF Chair Jim Gallagher and former civil servants Philip Rycroft & Lucy Hunter Blackburn 👇

Lovely way to start 2024 - with a new report making a different kind of case for devolution and decentralisation! Local autonomy could create huge local benefits. But could it also help to improve things at the centre? Quick 🧵 on a report I'm thrilled to see out in the world!

Delighted that my new book hurstpublishers.com/book/fractured… is published today. A big thank you to the people who helped me along the way with it – the officials and politicians I interviewed over the years, those who kindly read and commented on it, and all involved at Hurst Publishers

Public services are in crisis & there is no quick financial fix. We need to rewire existing spending around community priorities. In a report out today, John Denham & @jesstud.bsky.social call for place-based budgeting, reviving Total Place for today's climate. 👉newlocal.org.uk/publications/r… 🧵

When you're going to insult people, best to get the right person. Wrong Rycroft. Have a lovely day!

Join us at Moat Brae - the Birthplace of Peter Pan 🧚‍♂️💫 For a special event with David Shukman and Sir Philip Rycroft (Philip Rycroft) exploring the post Brexit Neverland. Get your free ticket here buytickets.at/europeanmoveme…

Not Sir....but look forward to the event!

Bit past my sell by date...

Our event with Philip Rycroft Philip Rycroft and David Shukman in Dumfries has now sold out. But thanks to our friends at Broadcasting Scotland you will be able to watch it live on YouTube 🗓 Sat - 27th April ⏰ 12 noon (BST) 📺youtube.com/watch?v=8JuAep…

View the full conversation between former top Brexit Department Mandarin, Philip Rycroft and former leading BBC journalist David Shukman, as they discuss Brexit, where we are now and what the future might hold. Thanks to Broadcasting Scotland. broadcastingscotland.scot/titans-talk-eu…

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 Today we've published the latest paper in our 'Reimagining Whitehall' series 'Making the grade' calls for a radical overhaul of performance processes Backed by new FOI data & an exclusive survey with Civil Service World

Heno / tonight 👇

Unit Director Prof Meg Russell, IfG Director Hannah White and many others sign a The Times and The Sunday Times letter backing our statement on ethics and integrity standards. Other signatories include Rain Newton-Smith CBI, Margaret Hodge, @SirJJKC, David Anderson, Anand Menon, Tom Brake

Looking forward to this!

Remember to get your tickets for this panel at the #FestivalofPolitics! 📉 Are standards in public life really declining? 👥Martin Whitfield MSP, Dr Ian Cawood, Philip Rycroft, and our own Dr Elisabeth Loose 📅 21 August, 1:15-2:45pm Tickets: ow.ly/cQcT50SvOpE

New date.... Monday 30 September

Blog: As the dust settles post-2024 elections, the focus shifts to whether Labour will tackle the UK's constitutional & democratic reform. With economic growth at the forefront, will Starmer's govt prioritise meaningful change, or maintain the status quo? bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/what-will…

Thank you Simon!

Many thanks Mark. Glad you found it interesting.

In a new blog, Philip Rycroft questions whether Whitehall learned any lessons from the Scottish independence & EU referendums. With support for Scottish independence still around 45%, these lessons are more relevant than ever. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/whitehall…