- E Elbotting @elbotting.bsky.social
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
Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social Knowledge Transfer Facilitator @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk. Bridging research & policy on place-based policy, social infrastructure, regional growth, & devolution. #PolicySky #AcademicSky
Catriona Riddell @catrionariddell.bsky.social Strategic planner looking for some healthy debate about all things planning & development, local government & politics! Will also be hoping for some music chat on this thread! 
Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social Public servant in search of a better future. Communities and service users first. Desires to unbuild walls.
Philippa Kelly @pipkelly.bsky.social Chartered Town Planning Manager in Greater Cambridge. Likes going on adventures. Head full of indie rock.
Phil Rumens @rumens.uk Principal Technologist for GDS Local. Part of @LocalGovDigital.
Advocate of technology enabled user centred design.
o7 CMDR
Jonathan Flowers @jonathanflowers.bsky.social Chair/NED/Adviser #localgov, "digital", governance, strategy, democracy, data, operational research. Militant optimism. Slightly retired so also: travel, theatre, WRU :-( , F1, politics-watcher, Wingnut and CFA superfan. Harpenden. #dysgwyr
Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social Economist working in capital markets ▪ Big on placemaking, housing, regeneration, land policy ▪ Inspired by systems thinking and servant leadership ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social Always searching for good coffee.
William Benson @willbenson.bsky.social Chief Executive of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Finance Spokesperson for Solace / local government.
Simon Kirk @slowe76.bsky.social Economic Development | Culture | People | Places | Music | Real Ale | Running I Trustee at Lincoln City Foundation | @Insplacemanagement.bsky.social
Megan Streb @meganstreb.bsky.social Head of Outreach at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social Non-Exec Director at @theied.bsky.social Also, fan of good planning, transport, and local gov. American living in Southampton, UK with ADHD. she/her
Stuart Mackenzie @hellostu.xyz - Lover of public services 👩🏼⚕️
- Parkrun enthusiast 🏃♂️🌳
- Amatuer Photographer 📷
- Occasional Podcaster 🎤
- Senior Partner at TPXimpact ✊❤️
- Remembered for my dance moves 🕺🏼
- Proud resident of Dorset 🌊
https://hellostu.xyz/
Simon Hanson @simonhanson.bsky.social Heading up Economic Policy and Delivery at Gateshead Council | Redrafting the new Gateshead Economic Development Strategy | Curious about new models of public service delivery and innovation |
Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social Research at The King's Fund
| Own views | He/him |
Chief Digital Officer for London @ldncdo.bsky.social Chief Digital Officer for London, working for Mayor of London and all Londoners. Using #data to support a fairer, safer and greener city for everyone #cities #innovation #smartcities https://medium.com/@chiefdigitalofficer4london
Stephen Moir @ssmoir.bsky.social Proud public servant. Proud of my HR professional roots and being Chartered CCIPD, FCMI, FRSA.
Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.
All views personal and likes don’t equal endorsement.
Mark Sandford @marksandford.bsky.social Local and regional government, funding issues, national and regional identity; mostly writing for the House of Commons Library but elsewhere too. Occasional attempts at folk music, cycling, making food
@jacktshaw.bsky.social @jacktshaw.bsky.social Director of Groundwork Research and Policy Fellow, The Productivity Institute. 'Veteran local government advisor'.
Read my Notes on Local Government Substack: https://substack.com/@notesonlocalgovernment
Katy Oglethorpe @katoglet.bsky.social People. Podcasts. Books. Bombay Mix.
Director of Communications @wearenewlocal.bsky.social 
Jonathan Gibson @jpgibson.bsky.social Head of Policy and Integration, West Midlands Combined Authority; Policy Fellow, The Productivity Institute. All views my own. Likes mean saved for later.
Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Photography, politics (Lib Dem), everyday cyclist, The Archers, British basketball, former Stockport councillor. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
Mark Gannon @markgannon.bsky.social Northern Irish optimist. Musings on digital, local government, music, travel, beer, hiking and AVFC. Interested in social justice and fairness. 💜 💙 🇺🇦 ☘️ 🌹 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social Prof Urban Studies + Associate Dean (Impact & Innovation) KCL | Author Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State (2025) | Housing/Home/Law | UK & Cambodia | Editor TIBG | Views own | https://www.debt-trap-nation.org/book
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
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
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
Hadley Beeman @hadleybeeman.bsky.social Architect for #openstandards, the Web and barcodes of all types. Tech policy. Ex-UK gov. Active in GS1, NHS & W3C. @hadleybeeman@w3c.social
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @thinkdigitalptns.bsky.social @kinship.works @transformgovtalks.bsky.social @policycamp.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
Terence Eden @edent.tel Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Alex @blangry.bsky.social Final year DPhil anthropology of civic tech. Principal consultant. Norwich with a cargo bike. Greyhound pictures extra.
Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds.bsky.social Quite tall. Social justice worrier.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com The people photographer, working with the world's most interesting humans, dogs and brands. A graceful and melodious ape, fascinated by online identity and trust. Uczę się języka polskiego. paulclarke.com
EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist.
Executive Director, Home Screen.
Co-Curator of an oral history of the origins of the U.S. Digital Service.
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social Demographer, former tweeting statistician and female data lad. Attempting to make a difference in public health analysis at DHSC. I ran the UK's covid dashboard. Now seen running parkruns. DMs not available. She/her 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Jane Ruffino @janeruffino.bsky.social Content/UX and contemporary archaeology. Human/dog mom. She/her.
Allergic to unwanted advice.
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
zuz @zuz.bsky.social 🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 ok
🇰🇷 최선을 다하겠습니다
https://techforevil.tumblr.com
My DMs are NOT ON.
I do agile product delivery stuff for work but this account is just cat photos and various nonsense.
they/she
London, UK. Pero quiero vivir en Madrid. 🙆🏻♀️
Dave Guarino @allafarce.bsky.social Software and complex (not complicated) systems. Pursuing the public good, sometimes with technology.
Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement.
Born at 323 ppm 
Tom Taylor @tomtaylor.co.uk Co-founder & CPTO at https://breakroom.cc. Helps run @edinburghgravel.cc. Pushing the bees where they want to go.
Ann Kempster @annkempster.com Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
Neil Williams @neillyneil.bsky.social Digital and tech exec at the BFI. Previously GOV.UK, and a tough but edifying stint in local gov. Alcohol free. Fun facts: I can't form mental images and have no inner monologue (aphantasia) nor remember my own life (SDAM). https://neilojwilliams.net
Matthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk I help people report broken street lights, find out their bin day, plan train travel, manage an orchestra, locate the nearest postbox, research old theatre productions, keep time in a choir, and occasionally play board games | https://dracos.co.uk
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer 
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion.
Londoner in Merseyside.
Blog at emilywebber.co.uk
Biz at hellotacit.com
Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
Matt Jones @moleitau.bsky.social Petafloptimism.com / views are my own
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net Internet boffin.
Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs Local government loving digital pragmatist.
https://da.vebrig.gs/
Sarah Winters @escmum.bsky.social Founder and CEO of Content Design London
Cat person with a dog. (And a cat, horse, hamster and fish.)
Really hoping this takes over from the other place. 
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
steve @visitmy.website workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social Accessibility, inclusive design research #A11y #UX
Loves swimming in nature, rocks in rivers, mint tea, gelato, trees. Art, music, play!
Grew up in the West Country, left to explore cognition & behaviour, returned ND 🌈 she
Amanda 🏳️🌈🔮 @ayymanduh.bsky.social All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership, justice & open culture.
Vibe: 🏳️🌈🔮💀💃🏼⚽️🌞🥦🪩🍾🧘🏼♀️⚖️☮️
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social Head of Design for GOV.UK at GDS. Ex HM Land Registry. Public speaker. Observer of humans. Crisp connoisseur. Yarn hoarder. Northerner.
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk Principal Accessibility Specialist at TetraLogical. Former Head of Accessibility at DWP. Writer. Speaker. Coder. Wildlife Photographer. Cat botherer. ADHD. Autistic. He/They. https://www.craigabbott.co.uk
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
Ian Ames @ames.world I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way.
Anagram of Amnesia.
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Dafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
garethr @garethr.bsky.social VP Product @snyksec. @openpolicyagent Conftest maintainer. Developer, designer, product. Open source geek. Devops Weekly. @gdsteam alum. he/him.
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing. 
Craig J. Bass @craigjbass.bsky.social Strategy, tech & products to improve society. Principal Software Engineer @madetech.bsky.social (he/him/they/them)
Mark Braggins @markbraggins.bsky.social A keen walker and fan of #greyhounds #dogs, #wildlife, and the countryside.
Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social Independent service design and digital transformation lead.
Mainly works in public sector.
Previously: Service Design lead @gdsteam. Chilena en Londres
She/her
https://ignaciaorellana.com/
Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social Filmmaker / Directing #section28film
Founder: anthrobricolage.com
Director: good.services @theschoolofgood
DR of Design, once ran
@wearesnook
Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack
GOOD Magazine #100
Board member at @lomondtrossachs
She/they
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
Chris Taylor @chrisftaylor.bsky.social product person | neutral good
Chris King @northernwrites.bsky.social Former knife swallower
Unlikely to be the Chris King you are looking for. Unless I am. Then I am currently unable to take your call. 
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.
Chris Keene @ck12.uk Brighton, UK. Sometimes Higher Education, Research policy, tech and environmental stats
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social Trustee at Indigo Trust. Formerly CarnegieUK, Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
Charlotte Jee @charlottejee.bsky.social News editor at MIT Technology Review, Londoner and all-round good time gal
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state