Sandra Hoang @sandra-hoang.bsky.social Research Assistant in public services team at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
Interested in education policy and the wider public services it sits alongside.
Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social Labour and Co-Operative MP for Manchester Central | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party🌹| Secretary of State for Education
lucy.powell.mp@parliament.uk
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Kids @kidscharity.bsky.social We’re on the side of over two million children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, and their families.
Find out more about our work here: https://www.kids.org.uk/
Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social Education wonk & Midwest emo fan; Head of Children and Young People at IPPR
Paul Johnson @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social From August, Provost, The Queen’s College, Oxford. Previously director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Author “Follow the Money”
Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social CEO, Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team. Governor, Health Foundation.
What I do: applied research, venture building, policy. Particularly in net zero, education and health. 
Ruth Lucas @ruthlucas.bsky.social Reporter at Schools Week, covering behaviour, attendance, children's rights and some SEND. Former Local Democracy Reporter
Sam Mercadante @mercsam.bsky.social Policy & Public Affairs Lead @ BookTrust. Opinionated American in London. 
The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd @theadcsltd.bsky.social Professional membership association for DCSs and their senior teams.
www.adcs.org.uk
Vicky Elliott @msvkelliott.bsky.social Director of the Institute for Government Academy.
Former Senior Civil Servant. Linguist. Views my own.
'Pip' will do @phillilla.bsky.social 94/5 Erasmus à Lille; From B49 to B13 via CV4 & NW3 - Cardigan-wearing, left-leaning languages-learning mum TU member, choir singer Loves forests, mountains & beaches, also ❤stats & those who are open to nuance. 😍 disco, jazz-funk, electropop and folk...
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
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Children's Commissioner for England @childrenscomm.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the independent Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza
https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/
Jon @jvet.bsky.social 
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views! 
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Department for Education (bluesky crossposter) @departmentforedu.bsky.social Posting everything from @educationgovuk on bluesky
Chris Owen @chr-owen.bsky.social Experienced programme leader in education, SEND & AP across South-east, London & East. #Education #SESLIP. Views my own. Plus #LiveMusic #birding #cycling
School Data Updates @jpembroke.bsky.social Helping schools make sense of their data. Work with insighttracking.com because they make cool stuff. Co-author of Dataproof Your School. insightinform.co.uk
Ian Goldsworthy @iangoldsworthy.bsky.social Primary teacher. Dad to a young man with learning disabilities. Occasional writer. 
Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social Local news bore. Editor @kentcurrent.news @localauthority.news // He/him.
📍 Medway, UK
Jack Sanders @jack-sanders.bsky.social Communications Assistant at Institute for Government • Former Programme Support Officer at Local Government Association •
Julia Cushion @juliacushion.bsky.social Policy & Advocacy Manager @ mySociety
Clumsy, enthusiastic, interested in exciting things like parliament and cryptic crosswords
(she/they)
Louise Woodruff @louisewoodruff.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Care, work and poverty. Also York. Views here my own. 
Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social Policy Director at ThinkLabour thinking about how progressives can win. Prev JRF, Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/ 
Georgia Lambert @georgiamay.bsky.social News and education reporter at The Times
Email for tips + stories: georgia.lambert@the-times.co.uk
Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler.bsky.social Social Policy editor, The Guardian. Winner of the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism 2025.
Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social Senior writer at Tes. Get in touch at jasmine.norden@tes.com
John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. john.roberts@tes.com
Kirsty Weakley @kirstyweakley.bsky.social Journalist for Local Government Chronicle
Hannah Summers @hansummers.bsky.social Investigative journalist/ family courts for @tbij.bsky.social |Best specialist journalist 2023 - Freelance Journalism Awards |Media Freedom Awards winner 2025
Ellen Peirson-Hagger @ellencph.bsky.social Deputy books and arts editor, the Observer
ellencph.co.uk
Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social Education journalist, write for The Observer & The Guardian, keen on walking, wine, kindness, the aptly used expletive. Totally over misogyny and hoping this place is better. 
Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social Dad of two. Founder/writer of the website Education Uncovered. Investigating and reporting on education policy since 1997. Please support my work via a subscription to educationuncovered.co.uk Views personal.
Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social Journalist mostly covering inequalities for Guardian, Observer, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC & more.
Author of Make Bosses Pay. 2x Orwell Prize nominee. She/her.
📧 evelivingstonjournalist@gmail.com
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Mithran Samuel @mithransamuel.bsky.social Editor, communitycare.co.uk (social work/social care news and stuff)
Greg Barradale @gregbarradale.bsky.social Senior reporter for @bigissue.com - covering untold stories from housing and asylum to drugs and politics
Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social Journalist at the Economist, writing about life in Britain. Author of "Underdogs".
Diane Taylor @diane-writer10.bsky.social journalist @Guardian
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
John Dickens @johndickenssw.bsky.social Former Schools Week editor
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Harriet Shaw @shawharriet.bsky.social Researcher (devolution) @instituteforgovernment
Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social Economist at Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Views are my own. She/Her
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
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Erica H-W @ericaholtwhite.bsky.social Research team @Suttontrust.bsky.social and COSMO
David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
Max Warner @maxwarner.bsky.social Economist at the IFS working on healthcare, public spending and public sector productivity https://ifs.org.uk/people/max-warner
Tom Symons @tomsymons.bsky.social Head of Policy Insights at @thefea.bsky.social
Education, innovation, government, tech, policy and the unrelenting woes of Southampton Football Club. May contain cats. All views my own.
Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com FT data journalist writing about economics, politics and policy
https://www.ft.com/amy-borrett
Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
Jack Worth @jackworth.bsky.social Education economist at NFER researching recruitment and retention in the education workforce
Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation. Chaired the Curriculum and Assessment Review (2024-2025) but now back at the EEF
Gill Wyness @gillwyness.bsky.social Economist working on inequality and access to education. Deputy Director of @cepeo-ucl. Research associate of @cep-lse Research fellow @iza_bonn
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405
Jonathan Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social Director, SEND and Additional Needs @ Education Policy Institute. Former government statistician. 
Jon Andrews @mrjpandrews.bsky.social Head of Analysis, Education Policy Institute
https://epi.org.uk
Kevin Latham @kevinlatham.bsky.social Research and Policy Manager at the Sutton Trust; former secondary teacher (Social Sciences) and university lecturer (anthropology/sociology)
Jake Anders @jakeanders.uk Education, evaluation, economics, etc.
Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
Deputy Director, @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Principal Investigator, COSMO study
Dad to three.
https://jakeanders.uk
Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social Professor of Economics. Founding Director of the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social). Economics of education. Inequality. Research Fellow at the IFS, IZA and CESifo. 1st gen🏴�
Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
🇬🇧 How is Britain doing? 👉 thetimes.com/data
🔗 https://www.thetimes.com/profile/tom-calver
📧 thomas.calver@the-times.co.uk
Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, Bristol North West
Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Sam Turner @samtrner.bsky.social Associate Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Kinship. Interested in children and families, education, policymaking, participation and politics. Geordie and thrower of frisbees. Views my own.
Alex Dean @alexdean94.bsky.social Writing and editing at The Economist Group. Formerly managing editor of Prospect magazine. Views own
Maria Laura La Corte @marialaura-lacorte.bsky.social Research Assistant on the Public Services team @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Emma @emma-conway.bsky.social Research Assistant, Policymaking Team @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Steve Hoey @steve-hoey.bsky.social CEO at https://bsky.app/profile/turninglivesaround.bsky.social, Chair of the #Leeds #Homelessness Prevention Forum, Trustee at Volition, #MBA. Family, climbing, learning.
Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
Megan Isaac @meganisaac.bsky.social Working on devolution at the Institute for Government
Martha Ford @martha-ford.bsky.social Research assistant, public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Daniel Howes @howesdaniel.bsky.social Research assistant: civil service and public bodies, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Cymro
Megan Bryer @meganbryer.bsky.social 
Heloise Dunlop @hcdunlop.bsky.social Researcher on the civil service team at the Institute for Government, formerly worked in public sector digital delivery and strategy. Views my own.
Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social Freelance research/policy/advocacy/writing on all things Parliament and government. Associate at IfG and Associate at State of the Future.
PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Silvia Galandini @silviagalandini.bsky.social 
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
LGC Editor @sarahcalkin.bsky.social Editor of the Local Government Chronicle, mum of three and adopted south east Londoner. Here for politics and geekery local and national (but especially local). Sucker for a good chart 📊
Sophie Daud @sophiedaud.bsky.social 
Sharlene McGee @sharlenemcgee.bsky.social Health inequalities, inclusive economies, devolution, employment & welfare
@healthfoundation.bsky.social
Previously working on disability, social care & carers policy
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
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Dan Paskins @danpaskins.bsky.social Save the Children UK Exec Director - UK Impact
Vice-Chair, End Child Poverty
Chair, Civic Power Fund
Dan Haile @danhaile.bsky.social Economist @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social An anti-poverty charity and community of food banks working to end hunger together 💚
IfG Academy @ifgacademy.bsky.social IfG Academy, part of @instituteforgov.bsky.social, helps those working in government to improve it, and those outside government to understand and engage with it.
Find out more https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ifg-academy
Anna Whitehead @annawhitehead.bsky.social Exec Programmes & Fellowships @blavatnikschool.bsky.social | Oxford
Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England.
Love ideas, numbers, analysis, evidence, debate and challenge. Views my own.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Shelter @sheltercharity.bsky.social We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Join us in ending the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and our communities. #FightForHome
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