Tuesday, 21 July, 2026

James Plunkett publishes a long read on approaches to education (Medium warning). It’s well worth your time. Really like this in the concluding paragraphs: The challenges facing public services can feel demoralising; there is such a mismatch between the complexity…

Richard Pope: On waiting, digital and where the state chooses to operate (LinkedIn warning): The post-war digitisation of the UK’s tax and benefits system, the creation of automated institutions like Girobank, and teaching children programming with the BBC Micro (ironically,…

Matt Wood-Hill continues to blog his thoughts on his time in government working on digital planning. This is a useful reflection on how central government best works with local: ODP starts from the premise that those working at the coalface…