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Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, Arguably: the new home of progressive ideas and debate.
Notes on Local Government is written by Jack Shaw and brought to you by Groundwork Research, a non-partisan, mission-driven research consultancy committed to exploring the knottiest policy challenges.
Writer and journalist covering politics and technology. I tweet as @Psythor.
Director of Education at No More Marking. Author of 7 Myths about Education, Making Good Progress & Teachers vs Tech.
New Statesman columnist, novelist in progress, daughter of the 1993 Modern Review Fax War 💮 elladorn.net / @elladorn_ / fairylandxo.neocities.org
I write about politics, technology, and institutional change.
Sir Geoff Mulgan is Professor at UCL; former CEO of Nesta; former CEO of Young Foundation; head of policy in UK Prime Minister's office; head of UK government strategy unit; director of Demos and author of many books.
Writer and Visiting Fellow at Chatham House. Former Special Adviser in the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Justice.
Economy policy, particularly UK and Europe. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform.
Cofounder at the Centre for British Progress, columnist for Arguably
First MP to be born and grow up in Milton Keynes. Former Pollster.
Essays on image, culture and the performance of Westminster. Because politics is never just policy.
Writer. Assitant Editor @Arguably. Cinephile and Sinophile.
Chief Speechwriter to Prime Minister and Labour leader, Keir Starmer, 2022-2026. Father. Sunderland fan. General politics grifter.
Lead researcher at Demos working on econoimc policy and political economy
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