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Fair process as public policy

Posted by: Joe Tomlinson, Posted on: 22 May 2025 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Research
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Public law expert, Joe Tomlinson, sets out the case for why it's important that public services feel fair.

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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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Mapping the justice system

Posted by: Antonio Perra, Posted on: 27 February 2025 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Designer Antonio Perra from Ministry of Justice values mapping citizen experience and systems.

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An innovator’s guide to navigating bureaucracy

Posted by: Malcolm Beattie, Posted on: 7 November 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Northern Ireland's former Head of Innovation Lab, Malcolm Beattie, writes about why the ability to navigate bureaucratic machine of government is so important for transforming public services.

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Understanding people in places

Posted by: Rebecca Towers, Posted on: 15 March 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Rebecca Towers from We Walworth writes about their successful collaboration with the UK's central government.

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Joining-up Whitehall with local places

Posted by: Ben Greener, Posted on: 15 February 2024 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Senior Civil Servant Ben Greener from Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities writes about how working with citizens in local places has strengthened his policymaking practice.

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Designing the world's most effective border

Posted by: Patrick O'Shea, Posted on: 1 February 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Patrick O'Shea writes about how his team have gone about refreshing how the UK's border operates.

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Embedding a user-centred design team into a policy area

Posted by: Claire Folan, Posted on: 4 January 2024 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Claire Folan from the Department for Education writes about her experience of establishing a new policy lab in government.

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Putting design front and centre

Posted by: Professor Jonathan Slater, Posted on: 16 November 2023 - Categories: PublicPolicyDesign, Thought leadership
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Jonathan Slater, former education Permanent Secretary, writes about the role of design in making policies and services that deliver meaningful outcomes for citizens.

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From refugee to policymaker: why representation matters

Posted by: Rabia Nasimi, Posted on: 10 August 2023 - Categories: Case study, PublicPolicyDesign
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Rabia Nasimi from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry writes about the importance of having policymaking teams that reflect the communities they serve.

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