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Join forces with one thousand designers in 2025

Posted by: Andrew Knight, Posted on: 27 March 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign
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Civil Service's Head of Policy Design, Andrew Knight, invites people to join government's design community.

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Good services are verbs, but better services include nouns

Posted by: Toby Squire and Rhiannon Long, Posted on: 13 March 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Defra policy lab experts Toby Squire and Rhiannon Long design public services around objects that are familiar to citizens.

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