Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social Head of Policy Engagement, University of Huddersfield; sociology PhD; advocate of knowledge exchange; co-chair Universities Policy Engagement Network; appreciator of reasonably priced fine wine; understander of the power of football to ruin your weekend.
No Sacred Cows @nosacredcows.media We're starting a much needed and overdue debate about the future of mainstream politics – no holding back, no pulling punches.
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Emily Butler @emilyb-atp.bsky.social Energetic & motivated communicator who loves collaboration, public policy and her family & friends - don’t give me coffee - do get in touch.
Luca Serafini @lusera.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Cagliari and CRENoS |VRS at LSEGeography | Regions, EUpolicies, Development and Applied Economics |
John Hacking @hacking4chorlton.bsky.social Governor Chorlton CofE Primary & @EndeavourFeder1. @unisonmcr. A director of the Edge Theatre in Chorlton
Samuel Thomas @smlthms.bsky.social Policy at Z2K, previously advice at Z2K & Shelter Scotland, views own
Ben Lowndes @blowndes.bsky.social Husband. Dad to two teens (girl and boy). Agency founder. Chartered PR. Lives in Somerset. Proudly Pembs. 
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social Chief Executive of Total Politics Group. Writer, broadcaster, media CEO. Publisher of PoliticsHome, The House magazine, Holyrood magazine, The Parliament magazine, Civil Service World, ConservativeHome and more. Columnist for the i paper. Never a dull day.
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.
Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life and Department of Geography, University of Durham. Researching the digitising state, urban infrastructure, and data justice. (she/her)
www.fennahoefsloot.com
Halima Khan @halimakhan.bsky.social CEO Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Julie McCulloch @juliemcculloch.bsky.social Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute. Views my own.
Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social Professor | Former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister | Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics | Writing about how ideas of nation and nationhood shape politics today at nationstateandpolitics.substack.com ✍️
Piali Das Gupta @pialidg.bsky.social Basically, I'm a lot about #localgov, public services, place, travel, art, culture, photography and London. And sometimes a little bit about Canada too. Migrant and citizen, at the same time.
James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social Comms and other stuff for UCL Policy Lab
Eleni Courea @ecourea.bsky.social Political correspondent for the Guardian
Get in touch — eleni.courea@theguardian.com or carob7@proton.me
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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Nick Kimber @nick80.bsky.social Director of Public Service Reform at Cabinet Office. Seconded from Camden Council. Was a Policy Fellow at IIPP @ UCL; Policy Associate at Future Governance Forum
Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
Marc Stears @mds49.bsky.social Political theorist, author, speechwriter, campaigner. Director UCL Policy Lab.
Anna McShane @annacmcshane.bsky.social Director www.newbritain.org.uk
Juggling mum of 4, former teacher, former Deputy Director, Public First.
MBA candidate, Bayes Business School
London via Wrexham
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thangamdebbonaire
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State.
Progressive.
www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk
Claire Spencer @thedancingflea.bsky.social Devolutionary | Agathist | Lab and Co-op | Lvl. 10 Paladin | Speaking to connect, not on behalf of others | Just get the bus, FFS
Patrick King @patrickking.bsky.social Working in AI policy, ex-think tanker. Views my own.
Theo Bertram @theobertram.bsky.social Director of the Social Market Foundation
The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social The UK's home for community research and social innovation. Also powering the Institute for Community Studies.
www.youngfoundation.org
Also on X and Threads
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Anna Randle @annarandle.bsky.social Public service reform thinker & do-er. Until recently, CEO of Collaborate CIC. People, places, public service reform, local government, population health, system leadership.
Bruno Dent @brunodent.bsky.social Researcher @FutureGovForum.bsky.social. Thoughts on state capacity and public service reform: https://brunodent.substack.com/
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social Economist at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford & London Business School
Author of The #GreatCrashes & #GreatEconomists
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/024198808X/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lindayueh
IG: instagram.com/lindayueh
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Rosie Lockwood @rosielockwood.bsky.social Associate Director of External Affairs for CLES丨former Mayor of Selby in God's own country丨Social justice, campaigns & comms 丨Toddler mum
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
Emma Norris @emmanorris.bsky.social Deputy CEO @ippr.org. Chair of Young Women’s Trust. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Think tanker. Westminster watcher. Progressive. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social Head of Policy, Campaigns & Public Affairs at Mind | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Previously at NEF & DWP | Views expressed here my own
Majeed @majeedneky.bsky.social Place, policy, politics, piss-taking, parenting. AD Economy, West London Alliance. Previously Levelling Up Task Force, Department for International Trade (RIP), Infrastructure and Projects Authority, Cities and Local Growth Unit, #localgov
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Madeleine Jennings @maddiejennings.bsky.social Head of policy and communications @localtrust.bsky.social | Policy & strategic comms | Spotlight on England’s doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
@heather-themj.bsky.social @heather-themj.bsky.social 
Dan Tomlinson MP @dantomlinson.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet. Exchequer Secretary & Growth Minister in HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.
Claire Hazelgrove MP @chazelgrovemp.bsky.social Labour MP for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency. For casework/other enquiries, please email: claire.hazelgrove.mp@parliament.uk
Baroness Wilcox of Newport @theladywilcox.bsky.social Debbie Wilcox
Labour & Co-operative Member of the House of Lords
Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social Editor of LabourList. Playwright. Cool aunt.
Warren Morgan @warrenmorgan.bsky.social Politics, polling and possibly football. Between things.
Brighton and Hove.
Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social Chair, Generation Rent. Play England. Paddington, South Kilburn and OPDC. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views entirely personal..
Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social Labour MP for Warrington North 🌹
Jewish, book worm, happiest outdoors
Email: charlotte.nichols.mp@parliament.uk
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social Politics, campaigns, and public affairs at JRF - working on communities and place, and the labour market. Current home Bethnal Green, from Wycombe. West Ham ST holder. Views mine.
Andrew Greenway @andrewgreenway.bsky.social Founder, Public Digital. Co-author of Bluffocracy. Still Countdown's most rubbish champion.
@hamidaali.bsky.social @hamidaali.bsky.social 
Claire Ainsley @claire-ainsley.bsky.social Director PPI project on Centre-left Renewal; author ‘The New Working Class’; Exec Director of Policy for Labour and Keir Starmer 2020-22
Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social 📖Poles Apart
👩🏫Stanford/Cambridge
Recovered politico. Unrepentant mischief maker. Grant Giver. Powerlifter. Mum. Wife 🏴 in 🇺🇸
Doing many things less well than if I did a few things.
Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs Local government loving digital pragmatist.
https://da.vebrig.gs/
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Luke Raikes @lukeraikes.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary at the Fabian Society | regional economies, devolution, productivity, industrial strategy, employment rights, employment support, transport, politics | Views are my own | 🏴
https://fabians.org.uk/about-us/meet-our-experts/
Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian.
Adam Langleben @adamlangleben.bsky.social Executive Director of Progressive Britain.
@shuab.bsky.social @shuab.bsky.social Researcher and Writer
Caroline Slocock @carolineslocock.bsky.social Director of think tank Civil Exchange, expert on government and civil society, political commentator, ex senior civil servant and Private Secretary to two PMs, author of People Like Us and Bad Government, published 30 June. Also on X.
Charlotte Prothero @charlotteprothero.bsky.social Posting about politics, children's wellbeing, housing, loneliness and civil society.
Bad grammar and views my own.
Grace Wyld @gracewyld.bsky.social Head of Policy and Research at futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
@FutureGovForum.bsky.social
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social Health Editor, The Economist.
free words: overmatter.substack.com/subscribe
Roger Harding @rogerh.bsky.social Director of Round Our Way, a new org for people in the UK paying the price for climate change. Changing how this vital issue is discussed and who is in the debate.
Chair of the Economic Change Unit & Non-Exec Board member of the Future Governance Forum.
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Pawel Adrjan @paweladrjan.bsky.social Economist and Director of Research at Indeed
Research fellow at Regent's Park College, Oxford
📈 Using data to make the world of work better for all 🌈
https://sites.google.com/site/paweladrjaneconomics/
Los Angeles, CA / Sevilla, España
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
@marleybennett.bsky.social @marleybennett.bsky.social 
Helen Holland @helenhbristol.bsky.social Bristol ❤️
Labour Party ❤️
Local Government ❤️
"retired" ❤️
Carolina Alves @cacrisalves.bsky.social Associate Professor in Economics, IIPP-UCL. 🇵🇸 💔
Book: Labour, Value and Capitalism: A study of the Poverty of Philosophy (1847) by Karl Marx, 2024. Editora Dialética
Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91802-carolina-alves/about
Marta Bengoa @mbengoa.bsky.social Professor of International Economics at City University of New York (CUNY) & Univ of Johannesburg. On leave at Newcastle Univ. Business School. Senior Fellow at CIRANO. Former President International Trade & Finance Association www.martabengoa.com
Giammario Impullitti @gimpulli.bsky.social Economist. University of Nottingham. International trade, economic growth. Focus: Trade & labour markets, trade & growth, innovation/industrial policY
University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social World-leading research and teaching on all aspects of gender and sexuality across the disciplines at the University of Cambridge. MPhil and PhD degrees. www.gender.cam.ac.uk. 
Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social Research at The King's Fund
| Own views | He/him |
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
Penny Abeywardena @pa2117.bsky.social Founder & CEO, Soft Power Strategies
Leadership ✍🏽 @forbes
Former NYC International Affairs Commish
Board Member @reprorights & @fhi360
The House magazine @thehousemag.bsky.social Parliament's magazine, published bi-weekly when Parliament is in session. Learn more: https://www.politicshome.com/house-magazine.htm
Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social Non-profit research & grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas & policies that promote strong, stable & broad-based economic growth
equitablegrowth.org
Michael Wood @nhslocalgrowth.bsky.social Linking the NHS to the local economy. Advisor to several boards. Health, regen, devo, leadership and Blackburn Rovers.
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
https://linktr.ee/instituteforgov
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Rachel Statham @rachelstatham.bsky.social Policy advisor, toddler mum ☕️. Found in deepest whitehall or south wales.
Jeegar Kakkad @jeegarkakkad.bsky.social Economics, politics, boxing. Tech @ TBI. "optimistic & ambitious for British tech". ex-ADS, JLR, MakeUK, SMF, Brookings. Views my own.
Carys Roberts @carysroberts.bsky.social 
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Changing how the state is imagined, practised, and evaluated to tackle societal challenges. Director: @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Deputy Directors: @rainerkattel.bsky.social & @eaves.ca
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Ryan Swift @ryanswift93.bsky.social Research Fellow at IPPR North/IPPR - work on democracy, devolution, regional identity | PhD on the politics of Northernness