Skip to main content
GOV.UK
Blog: Public Policy Design
Organisations:
Civil Service

Innovating public services at scale

Posted by: Rachel Hope and Andrew Knight, Posted on: 21 October 2021 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
A section of a picture that shows the organisations that teachers work with.

Rachel Hope and Andrew Knight from the UK's Department for Education write about how public services for teachers have been transformed and how governments can scale innovative ways of working.

Read more of Innovating public services at scale - 4 comments

Achieving policy excellence with Austin's Butterfly

Posted by: Kate Lloyd, Posted on: 14 October 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A photo of a child in a classroom drawing a butterfly

Kate Lloyd from the Home Office writes about how the UK’s government might have acted differently in the case of the Windrush scandal.

Read more of Achieving policy excellence with Austin's Butterfly - 2 comments

Working together to de-mystify policy

Posted by: Gareth Davies, Posted on: 7 October 2021 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
A photo of people discussing public services

Gareth Davies, Director General at Department for Transport, reveals what policymakers do in their jobs day-to-day and his ambition for the profession to better reflect the diversity of UK citizens.

Read more of Working together to de-mystify policy - 2 comments

Related content and links

About this blog

Multidisciplinary policy design teams are changing how public policy is made. This blog is for anyone who is interested in how policymaking is being modernised.

Find out more

Events library

We hold monthly events about policy design. Book your place at future events and watch past events…

Find out more

Sign up and manage updates

  • Email
  • Atom

Categories

Events library

We hold monthly events about policy design. Book your place at future events and watch past events…

Find out more

Recent posts

  • A year of progress for public design April 23, 2026
  • Collective capability for public problem-solving  April 2, 2026
  • Comparing patterns across policing March 5, 2026

Comments and moderation

Read our guidelines

Useful links

  • All GOV.UK blogs
  • All GOV.UK blog posts
  • GOV.UK
  • All departments
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated
© Crown copyright