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Commissioning public policy and services differently

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 29 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, reports what policymakers say about how public policies and services could be better commissioned.

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If you could change just one thing: hacking the policy system

Posted by: Kate Josephs, Posted on: 22 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
People participating in an event about local public services.

Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, writes about how senior leaders might commission policy work in a way that drives better policy results.

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Important new job opportunity in policy design

Posted by: Editorial team, Posted on: 21 July 2021 - Categories: Jobs, PublicPolicyDesign
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Department for Education have advertised an important new job role within the UK government's policy design community.

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Taking a systems approach to Early Years policy

Posted by: Alice Goldman, Posted on: 15 July 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
Government workers collaborate on designing early years services.

Alice Whitehead, who leads a policy design team, writes about how the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have taken a systems thinking approach to policy design.

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How we mapped the policymaking process

Posted by: Ben Tate and Heather Madden, Posted on: 8 July 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign, Research
Civil servants working together to design a public service.

Government service designers, Ben Tate and Heather Madden, write about mapping the way that policy is made in the UK.

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11 things policymakers need to improve outcomes for citizens

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 1 July 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Principal Policy Designer, Andrew Knight, writes about what policymakers say they need to deliver more meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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