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Lucy Bartram @lucy-bartram.bsky.social Currently researching creative health across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - exploring how arts and culture support wellbeing. Engaging stakeholders, and producing insights to inform future services and the LLR Creative Health Network.
Selçuk Bedük @sbeduk.bsky.social Academic studying poverty, inequality and social policy at DSPI, University of Oxford https://sites.google.com/view/beduk
The Reading Agency @readingagency.bsky.social We are a UK charity that inspires social and personal change through the proven power of reading. In 2025/26, we reached over 2.5 million people.
Hannah Perry @hannahperry.bsky.social Associate Director, Information ecosystems at Demos
Interested in: info ecosystems, digital rights, socio-digital inequalities and inclusion, media education, digital democracy and participation.
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social Bodley's Librarian, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE. President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social Hon. Fellow @britishacademy.bsky.social
Social Work England @socialworkengland.bsky.social The specialist regulator for social work in England. For all enquiries: https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/contact-details/
Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social Award-winning journalism for schools, including news, analysis, research reviews and teaching and learning guides.
Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social Advised the Lib Dems during coalition. Somehow still able to get work
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
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Anna Hartley @annahartley.bsky.social Executive Director of Public Health and Communities, Barnsley Council. Obsessive reader, slow runner and enthusiastic cook. Live in Yorkshire with my family, which includes three teenage daughters and an excitable lurcher.
Early Education and Childcare Coalition @coalitionedcare.bsky.social Working together for an early education and childcare system that delivers for all of us.
Read the manifesto, Rescue and Reform: earlyeducationchildcare.org/manifesto
Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social A UK centre of excellence, supporting the development of universally high-quality health visiting practice.
Maria Laura La Corte @marialaura-lacorte.bsky.social Research Assistant on the Public Services team @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Harriet Shaw @shawharriet.bsky.social Researcher (devolution) @instituteforgovernment
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Jonny Marshall @jonnymarshall.bsky.social Principal Economist at the Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org working on energy and climate policy
Local Government Association (LGA) @local.gov.uk We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve #LocalGov
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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social Supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to make a difference with evidence.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
Munira Wilson MP @munirawilson.bsky.social MP for Twickenham 🔶 Lib Dem Education Spokesperson 🔶 Please email munira.wilson.mp@parliament.uk if you need assistance.
Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 15 Richmond Rd, TW1 3AB.
Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
National Centre for Creative Health @ncch.bsky.social Helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and social care and wider systems. ncch.org.uk
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
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Emma Lewell MP @emmalewellmp.bsky.social Labour MP for South Shields🌹
Email: emma.lewell.mp@parliament.uk
Phone (Constituency): 0191 427 1240
lewellemp.com
Warm Welcome Campaign @warmwelcomeuk.bsky.social Join us as we enable a more deeply connected society where we all have free access to welcoming community spaces.
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
Ed Jewell @edjewell.bsky.social Chief Librarian for Jersey | President @libsconnected | Speaker & strategic leader in libraries, learning, culture & public service | Advocate for literacy, digital inclusion & community wellbeing | Building future-facing, inclusive public services
Ben Paxton @drbenpaxton.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the @instituteforgov.bsky.social. Views my own.
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
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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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Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social Recovering English teacher, headteacher, and union baron. Chiefly: food, books, Shakespeare, oracy, articles of interest … and gratuitous pics of border terrier Molly B.
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Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social We are Speech and Language UK – we want every child to face the future with confidence. Your donations will go where the money is needed most.
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Amber Dellar @amberdellar.bsky.social Researcher, public services @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Focusing on schools and local government, particularly children's social care and homelessness. She/her
Sarah Crown @sarahcrown.bsky.social Director of Communication at Arts Council England (all views my own). Books; politics; journalism; walks; trees. Won’t balk at the occasional cat
Chris Haldane @chrishaldane.bsky.social 🖥️ Head of Communications at the Fair Education Alliance
🏡 Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
🏢 London, UK 
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social Chief Economist, Institute for Government
Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social Director of Communications, Institute for Government 
Nehal Davison @nehaldavison.bsky.social Freelance Policy Consultant | Helping the early years sector influence government | Former think tank & government leader.
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.
Louise Bazalgette, Nesta @loubazalgette.bsky.social All things early years, education and parenting 🐥 On a mission to reduce inequality 🚀 Deputy Director, A Fairer Start mission @nestauk.bsky.social Views here my own.
Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
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
Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social Politics, policy, education inequality, cycling, football. Social mobility researcher. Views own etc.
If you're wondering whether I'm trying to make a joke then I probably am.
Nick Harrison @nickharrison73.bsky.social CEO @suttontrust.bsky.social campaigning for social mobility. Ex- business leader and consulting global practice lead. Proud father of three.
YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
Lucie Stephens @luciestephens.bsky.social Co-producing change, childcare, early education, social change, early years and pets
Sarah Ronan @sarahronan.bsky.social Director of Early Education and Childcare Coalition. Prev Women’s Budget Group & Pregnant Then Screwed. Board, Parental Pay Equality.
Views and snacks my own.
Cork woman in Manchester.
Nimal Jude @nimaljude.bsky.social Head of Practice Guide Development.
Lover of life, art, history, food, nature, travel & laughter
#socialwork #equity #unity
Bev Craig For Greater Manchester Mayor @bevcraig.bsky.social Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoralty on 30 July 2026.
Get in touch: Bev4GM@labour.org.uk
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.
Lucy Peake @lucypeake.bsky.social Proud Chief Executive of charity Kinship www.kinship.org.uk #ChurchillFellow2024
Natalie Day @natalieday.bsky.social social care & HE policy wonk | assistant director, policy & strategy @socialworkengland.bsky.social | Aussie in Sheffield | working on my Yorkshire accent
Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Dulwich & West Norwood. Chair of the Education Select Committee. Mum
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.
Matthew Gill @drmatthewgill.bsky.social 
Helen Miller @helenmiller.bsky.social Economist. Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, theifs.bsky.social
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Saf @safprojects.bsky.social Children’s Literature Researcher.📚 Mental Health & Oracy advocate. Girlguiding Leader. Sociologist interested in Education Policy. 🌎 #edusky
Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social Literary Agent at Skylark Literary, a specialist children's and YA literary agency. Always on the look-out for something great to read. 📚
Trying not to drink too much tea.
https://www.skylark-literary.com/
#ukkidlit #kidlituk
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social Supporting Directors of Public Health (DsPH) across the UK to promote and protect good health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
Fair Education Alliance @thefea.bsky.social 🏫 A coalition of organisations working together to tackle educational inequity.
👀 Our vision is that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background.
👉 Find out more at www.faireducation.org.uk/links
Sophie Metcalfe @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social Senior researcher in policymaking at Institute for Government - especially all things housing, planning and early years
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Locality @locality.org.uk We support local community organisations to be strong and successful. #PowerOfCommunity
AKA @localitynews
locality.org.uk
Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on social security, poverty and living standards
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
Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social Associate Director in the public services team
@InstituteforGov. Interested in the NHS, adult social care, and local government. All views my own. He/him
Luke Sibieta @lukesibieta.bsky.social Research Fellow at IFS, independent consultant, posts about about school funding, education, inequalities and cycling
Christine Farquharson @ckfarquharson.bsky.social Economist @theifs.bsky.social. Research on early years, education and health. 
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social Chief Economist @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Dr Matt Horton @drmatthorton.bsky.social Evaluation - Research - Widening Participation - Fair Access - Higher Education - Schools
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.
Tom Baker @mrtombaker.bsky.social Husband, Dad, politics/campaigns/organising at @savechildrenuk.bsky.social, Christian, Reading FC, like to 🏃, help with Cubs, bad at spelling, blog at https://thoughtfulcampaigner.org/
Own views.
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Reading for Pleasure (The Open University) @openuni-rfp.bsky.social The Open University's Reading for Pleasure Research and Practice Coalition. Transforming #RfP in schools and beyond. Training & CPD from Prof. @teresacremin.bsky.social and The Open University's RfP Team💙📚✨
Visit our website at ourfp.org
Health and Social Care Committee @commonshealth.bsky.social We are a cross-party group of @houseofcommons.parliament.uk MPs. This account is not being monitored. Follow us at @hoccommittees.parliament.uk
Get involved 👉 https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/health-and-social-care-committee/
The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Jane Harris @janeharrislondon.bsky.social CEO at @speechandlanguk.bsky.social - for 2m kids with challenges in talking and understanding words. Trustee at Miscarriage Association. Co-Chair of Speech, Language & Communication Alliance. Vice Chair @dcpcampaign.bsky.social. Into cooking & charities.
Eduin Latimer @eduinlatimer.bsky.social Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies, interested in low-paying labour market and the tax and benefit system. 
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social 
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/ 
Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education