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
Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social Service designer, DHSC. It's more than what you bargained for but it's a little less than what you paid for.
Projects by IF @projectsbyif.bsky.social Supporting organisations to move faster, with less risk.
Matt Webb 🌸🌼🌸 @genmon.fyi building inanimate.tech / blogger at interconnected.org
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
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social Award-winning journalist and author. Latest edition of my book ‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’, about the pivotal role of what’s now called NatWest in the global banking crash, was reissued in 2024.
www.ianfraser.org
Katy Armstrong @katyarmstrong.bsky.social Deputy Director of Digital Services at MHCLG.
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
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).
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
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
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player. 
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social AI slop cannon
Cath Haddon @cathhaddon.bsky.social Senior Fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) U of Manchester ▪️PhD LSE public management▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social Director of Communications, Institute for Government 
Nathan Yeowell @yeowell.bsky.social Exec Director of futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
Welsh Labour cllr for Panteg, torfaen.gov.uk
Chair of gwentpensionfund.co.uk
Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social 25 years lawyering, in Government Departments & independent public bodies in the UK. Statutory interpretation, constitutional, regulatory & criminal law.
Sally Warren @sallywarren.bsky.social DG 10 Year Health Plan at DHSC, working with NHSE. Ex Director of Policy at The King’s Fund. All things health and social care. Views my own. Requotes not always an endorsement.
To help shape 10 year plan for health please go to www.change.nhs.uk 
Nick Macpherson @nickmacpherson.bsky.social Former Treasury official
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
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
Joe Owen @jlowen.bsky.social director of policy & government partnerships @nestauk.bsky.social
senior fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
former civil servant
Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social Director General Reform and Efficiency, UK Cabinet Office
Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast.
Here to learn and make things work better.
Stefan Czerniawski @pubstr.at Blogging less than the olden days. Still working to make public services better, now in healthcare regulation.
Clare Moriarty @claremoriarty.bsky.social CEO of Citizens Advice
Martin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social Public service reform, housing, environment, active travel
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk 
Jordan Urban @jordanurban.bsky.social 
Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social learning & development @instituteforgovernment.org.uk & @ifgacademy.bsky.social, he/him
Martin Stanley @ukcivilservant.bsky.social I write about, and for, the UK civil service and regulators. Author 'How to be a Civil Servant' and 'How to Succeed in the Senior Civil Service'. Previously Business Department and CMA.
Colin Perry @colincperry.bsky.social Former Senior Civil servant. Focus on government, business, and trade. And Lego. Trustee for Take A Moment
Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social Principal Consultant at Avencera. Formerly AQA, DfE and Public First. Loud and sometimes prone to hyperbole. COYG! Views own
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Jess Bowie @jessbowie.bsky.social Co-editor of @civilserviceworld.bsky.social. Civil servants are my bag.
Suzannah Brecknell @suzannahb.bsky.social Co Editor of Civil Service World
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.
The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social Transforming the state to renew the nation.
To stay updated, join our mailing list: https://futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/contact/
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. 🏳️🌈
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.
Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social Sir Jonathan Jones KCB KC (Hon). Ex Treasury Solicitor and private sector lawyer.
Various non-executive, consultancy, academic and charitable roles
Law, constitution, government, cocktails
Henry Newman @henrynewman.bsky.social Runs TheWhitehallProject on Substack, former Uk Government adviser, ran think tank Open Europe
Sign up at https://whitehallproject.substack.com/
Dave Penman @fdagensec.bsky.social General Secretary FDA union. ACAS Council member. TUC Trustee, General Council and Executive Committee member. Chair Unions21
FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social We're the trade union for managers and professionals in public service. Find out more at www.fda.org.uk
Public and Commercial Services Union @pcsunion.bsky.social UK trade union for civil and public servants, and private sector workers on government contracts. Standing up for public services and social justice.
www.pcs.org.uk
Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social The union for ambition prospect.org.uk
Joe Devanny @joedevanny.bsky.social Senior Lecturer | National Security & Cyber | Department of War Studies | King’s College London | All views mine, etc.
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
🏳️🌈
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.- T Tim Knox @tknox.bsky.social
Amy Gandon @amygandon.bsky.social Big fan of big ideas about big issues. Mostly public services, civil service and civic governance.
Ex-Cabinet Office, DHSC and RSA. Now freelance.
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social CEO, Carnegie UK - the wellbeing policy foundation. Hon Prof at Centre for Public Policy at Glasgow University. Chair of WEvolution Scotland.
Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social Director of Strategy @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
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 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
Owen Jackson @owenjackson.bsky.social Policy 📑 | Science 💉 | Sport 🏈🏏🏉
Director of Policy
Trustee, 93% Club
Reposts ≠ endorsements, views my own
Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social Dad, public servant, sports nut. Making better use of data to deliver better outcomes, keen to see how this app works out
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 🚵🏻♂️🏃
John Webster @johnauldwebster.bsky.social Senior Civil Servant and former UK and Scottish diplomat. Still trying to figure it all out #MDANT
Nancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social Director, Evidence
Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Skylight Social @skylight.social ✨Join Skylight, report bugs, suggest features:
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Dominic Campbell @dominiccampbell.bsky.social Partner at Impossible Ideas | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat | #utb
Aoife @chiefbreenie.bsky.social product manager
disabled and liver transplant recipient
whippet owner/servant
she/her
The Independent @the-independent.com News, comment and features from The Independent, the world's most free-thinking newspaper.
Ian Ames @ames.world I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way.
Anagram of Amnesia.
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
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social Just a journalist, actor, broadcaster, singer, dreamer (in no particular order)… rep Red Talent Management. AuDHer 🧠 Views my own 💭 ✨
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer.bsky.social Global Health Correspondent for The Independent 🌎
Before: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News + World Service ✍️ 📻 📺
Get in touch: rachel [dot] schraer [at] independent.co.uk or on Signal @rachelschraer.01
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
Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social User Researcher working in agile development teams. My approach and methods are informed by what I learnt as a historian of science and technology. I try to make my employers more trans inclusive. #Norwich #ucd he/him
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Simon Morgan-Wilson @officeofwilson.com Actual life: Wanderings! Art, design! Buildings! Bridges! Running! Music! GTFC! etc etc!
Work: Product and service person.
📍From Grimsby
🏠 Saltaire, W Yorkshire, UK
Previously just Simon Wilson, then married @texmac.bsky.social
www.officeofwilson.com
Colin Birchenall @colinbirchenall.bsky.social Mancunian🐝 dad of two small Glaswegians 🌳. Chief Digital Officer for Glasgow City Council and Chief Technology Officer for the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government.
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer 
Internet of Public Service Jobs Newsletter @digitalbydefault.jobs 
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
Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk
A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
Donate via https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/
Email info@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
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. 🙆🏻♀️
Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social Lead Interaction Designer at NHS England. Generally designing, prototyping, coding & problem solving. Often drinking a disproportionate amount of tea in rainy Manchester.
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
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/