Joe Hill
@jo3hill.bsky.social
Policy Director @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
Easy to miss on Budget day, but the supporting documents are always the best bit. Pleased to have contributed a little to this one, and glad to see the Treasury taking up the reforms of liberalising many spending controls which we've written about at @re-state.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Easy to miss on Budget day, but the supporting documents are always the best bit. Pleased to have contributed a little to this one, and glad to see the Treasury taking up the reforms of liberalising many spending controls which we've written about at @re-state.bsky.social.
The NHS has failed to contain the growth of hospitals and inpatient care over more suitable settings. The growth of resources in secondary care has outstripped demand for two decades.
Important from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social in our final 'Hospital of the future' paper
re-state.co.uk/publications...
Important from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social in our final 'Hospital of the future' paper
re-state.co.uk/publications...
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The NHS has failed to contain the growth of hospitals and inpatient care over more suitable settings. The growth of resources in secondary care has outstripped demand for two decades.
Important from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social in our final 'Hospital of the future' paper
re-state.co.uk/publications...
Important from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social in our final 'Hospital of the future' paper
re-state.co.uk/publications...
The Government is writing cheques it can't afford with this Budget - particularly now the Chancellor is meant to be ripping up her income tax plans.
Great piece from @charliepickles.bsky.social in the Telegraph
Great piece from @charliepickles.bsky.social in the Telegraph
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Government is writing cheques it can't afford with this Budget - particularly now the Chancellor is meant to be ripping up her income tax plans.
Great piece from @charliepickles.bsky.social in the Telegraph
Great piece from @charliepickles.bsky.social in the Telegraph
The 'write round' process used in Whitehall is arcane, but it serves a purpose - failing to make Cabinet smaller, you need them to take decisions together. There's much more you could do to speed up Whitehall - consultations for a start!
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The 'write round' process used in Whitehall is arcane, but it serves a purpose - failing to make Cabinet smaller, you need them to take decisions together. There's much more you could do to speed up Whitehall - consultations for a start!
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Report launch eve @re-state.bsky.social!
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Report launch eve @re-state.bsky.social!
"Buckaroo" policy is a dangerous close cousin of Everythingism, which paralyses politics by making every policy serve every other policy.
Great to read about it in The Economist this morning!
Great to read about it in The Economist this morning!
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Buckaroo" policy is a dangerous close cousin of Everythingism, which paralyses politics by making every policy serve every other policy.
Great to read about it in The Economist this morning!
Great to read about it in The Economist this morning!
This afternoon I’m in conversation with Kanishka Narayan MP at Labour Party Conference on what AI means for the UK.
12:45 - 13:45
Holiday Inn Express second floor, Brittania Two room. Follow the signs for @re-state.bsky.social!
12:45 - 13:45
Holiday Inn Express second floor, Brittania Two room. Follow the signs for @re-state.bsky.social!
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This afternoon I’m in conversation with Kanishka Narayan MP at Labour Party Conference on what AI means for the UK.
12:45 - 13:45
Holiday Inn Express second floor, Brittania Two room. Follow the signs for @re-state.bsky.social!
12:45 - 13:45
Holiday Inn Express second floor, Brittania Two room. Follow the signs for @re-state.bsky.social!
In Liverpool for Labour Conference today? Planning on doing anything else?
🗑️SCRAP YOUR PLANS
🎙️we are hosting Andy Burnham for a live episode of Meetings with Mayors podcast with our @stkaye.bsky.social
⏰1445 to 1530.
🔓Outside the secure zone.
✉️DM me for details
🗑️SCRAP YOUR PLANS
🎙️we are hosting Andy Burnham for a live episode of Meetings with Mayors podcast with our @stkaye.bsky.social
⏰1445 to 1530.
🔓Outside the secure zone.
✉️DM me for details
September 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In Liverpool for Labour Conference today? Planning on doing anything else?
🗑️SCRAP YOUR PLANS
🎙️we are hosting Andy Burnham for a live episode of Meetings with Mayors podcast with our @stkaye.bsky.social
⏰1445 to 1530.
🔓Outside the secure zone.
✉️DM me for details
🗑️SCRAP YOUR PLANS
🎙️we are hosting Andy Burnham for a live episode of Meetings with Mayors podcast with our @stkaye.bsky.social
⏰1445 to 1530.
🔓Outside the secure zone.
✉️DM me for details
Great to see the Government piloting AI coding assistants, which we @re-state.bsky.social recommended in our paper last year.
Satya Nadella estimates that 30% of Microsoft's code is written by AI, a huge efficiency boost. But until now, it was effective banned in government.
Satya Nadella estimates that 30% of Microsoft's code is written by AI, a huge efficiency boost. But until now, it was effective banned in government.
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great to see the Government piloting AI coding assistants, which we @re-state.bsky.social recommended in our paper last year.
Satya Nadella estimates that 30% of Microsoft's code is written by AI, a huge efficiency boost. But until now, it was effective banned in government.
Satya Nadella estimates that 30% of Microsoft's code is written by AI, a huge efficiency boost. But until now, it was effective banned in government.
A 50% increase in employees in HR in 20 years.
This trend explains a lot about how society has changed. Particularly in big organisations.
In our @re-state.bsky.socialpaper last year, we identified the same 50% increase in civil service HR, in just the years between 2016 and 2023.
This trend explains a lot about how society has changed. Particularly in big organisations.
In our @re-state.bsky.socialpaper last year, we identified the same 50% increase in civil service HR, in just the years between 2016 and 2023.
September 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A 50% increase in employees in HR in 20 years.
This trend explains a lot about how society has changed. Particularly in big organisations.
In our @re-state.bsky.socialpaper last year, we identified the same 50% increase in civil service HR, in just the years between 2016 and 2023.
This trend explains a lot about how society has changed. Particularly in big organisations.
In our @re-state.bsky.socialpaper last year, we identified the same 50% increase in civil service HR, in just the years between 2016 and 2023.
4. Encouraging new companies to enter regulated markets. The Government should go beyond the use of sandboxes like the FCA’s, and create the kind of “n+1 regulator” for new innovations which John Fingleton has argued for in the past.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
4. Encouraging new companies to enter regulated markets. The Government should go beyond the use of sandboxes like the FCA’s, and create the kind of “n+1 regulator” for new innovations which John Fingleton has argued for in the past.
3. Rebuilding regulatory capacity. A Regulators Bill in the second session would be the right vehicle to rationalise the landscape of regulators, like the independent review of water has already recommended with Ofwat.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
3. Rebuilding regulatory capacity. A Regulators Bill in the second session would be the right vehicle to rationalise the landscape of regulators, like the independent review of water has already recommended with Ofwat.
2. Bringing in regulatory budgeting approaches, to manage the total impact of regulation on business.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
2. Bringing in regulatory budgeting approaches, to manage the total impact of regulation on business.
To win, the Government needs fresh ideas:
1. Strengthening the role of the Regulatory Policy Committee and impact assessments. Too many impact assessments show significant net negative present value, but still get passed.
1. Strengthening the role of the Regulatory Policy Committee and impact assessments. Too many impact assessments show significant net negative present value, but still get passed.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
To win, the Government needs fresh ideas:
1. Strengthening the role of the Regulatory Policy Committee and impact assessments. Too many impact assessments show significant net negative present value, but still get passed.
1. Strengthening the role of the Regulatory Policy Committee and impact assessments. Too many impact assessments show significant net negative present value, but still get passed.
But they’ve said one thing, and done another. Instead of less, we’ve had more regulations, and more regulators, because of that ratchet effect.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
But they’ve said one thing, and done another. Instead of less, we’ve had more regulations, and more regulators, because of that ratchet effect.
But that’s not new. Plenty of governments have tried to reform regulation in the past. Most have recognised that there’s a ratchet effect that works in regulation - it’s easy to create more, and hard to get rid of old regulation. Over time, the trend only goes one way.
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
But that’s not new. Plenty of governments have tried to reform regulation in the past. Most have recognised that there’s a ratchet effect that works in regulation - it’s easy to create more, and hard to get rid of old regulation. Over time, the trend only goes one way.
Really sad reading over on the civil service Reddit page. This is more common than you'd expect. It's incredibly dispiriting for people caught up in it.
September 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Really sad reading over on the civil service Reddit page. This is more common than you'd expect. It's incredibly dispiriting for people caught up in it.
Homes England under the hammer
The Government is far off track from its target of 1.5 million more homes over the Parliament. It needs a new approach.
Today the team called for the govt to retire its main delivery body, Homes England, and take a regional approach.
The Government is far off track from its target of 1.5 million more homes over the Parliament. It needs a new approach.
Today the team called for the govt to retire its main delivery body, Homes England, and take a regional approach.
September 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Homes England under the hammer
The Government is far off track from its target of 1.5 million more homes over the Parliament. It needs a new approach.
Today the team called for the govt to retire its main delivery body, Homes England, and take a regional approach.
The Government is far off track from its target of 1.5 million more homes over the Parliament. It needs a new approach.
Today the team called for the govt to retire its main delivery body, Homes England, and take a regional approach.
Robotic-assisted surgery is the future. It cuts recovery times, and means patients spend up to 20% less time in hospital recovering. A real win-win!
Take a look at @rosiebeacon.bsky.social and @alicesemark.bsky.social paper 'A helping hand' on how to boost RAS use
re-state.co.uk/publications...
Take a look at @rosiebeacon.bsky.social and @alicesemark.bsky.social paper 'A helping hand' on how to boost RAS use
re-state.co.uk/publications...
August 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Robotic-assisted surgery is the future. It cuts recovery times, and means patients spend up to 20% less time in hospital recovering. A real win-win!
Take a look at @rosiebeacon.bsky.social and @alicesemark.bsky.social paper 'A helping hand' on how to boost RAS use
re-state.co.uk/publications...
Take a look at @rosiebeacon.bsky.social and @alicesemark.bsky.social paper 'A helping hand' on how to boost RAS use
re-state.co.uk/publications...
The end of the first Narnia book sounds like pretty good government to me
August 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The end of the first Narnia book sounds like pretty good government to me
The more we digitise and automate public services, the more obvious it will be that we're just layering new tech on top of bad processes.
Imagine any private sector digital interaction which starts with "appointments are limited to 10 minutes and are for 1 problem"
Imagine any private sector digital interaction which starts with "appointments are limited to 10 minutes and are for 1 problem"
August 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The more we digitise and automate public services, the more obvious it will be that we're just layering new tech on top of bad processes.
Imagine any private sector digital interaction which starts with "appointments are limited to 10 minutes and are for 1 problem"
Imagine any private sector digital interaction which starts with "appointments are limited to 10 minutes and are for 1 problem"
In all the discussions in Government about the risks involved in the Online Safety Act, it's clear that policymakers didn't believe it would have the very real effects it's having on free speech.
Who thought the Government would be forcing Wikipedia to take them to court?
Who thought the Government would be forcing Wikipedia to take them to court?
August 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In all the discussions in Government about the risks involved in the Online Safety Act, it's clear that policymakers didn't believe it would have the very real effects it's having on free speech.
Who thought the Government would be forcing Wikipedia to take them to court?
Who thought the Government would be forcing Wikipedia to take them to court?
I'm all for professionalising the role of Special Advisers, e.g. with much better admin support. But the civil service can only do so much - politicians need to lead.
In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better
re-state.co.uk/publications...
In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better
re-state.co.uk/publications...
August 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm all for professionalising the role of Special Advisers, e.g. with much better admin support. But the civil service can only do so much - politicians need to lead.
In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better
re-state.co.uk/publications...
In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better
re-state.co.uk/publications...
Most of the problems with using AI in public services are problems we already have… human public servants!
Interesting @sciencewise.bsky.social study on policing. I think we have unrealistically expectations of AI relative to flawed people. @seaneke.bsky.social and I wrote about this last year 🔗👇
Interesting @sciencewise.bsky.social study on policing. I think we have unrealistically expectations of AI relative to flawed people. @seaneke.bsky.social and I wrote about this last year 🔗👇
August 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Most of the problems with using AI in public services are problems we already have… human public servants!
Interesting @sciencewise.bsky.social study on policing. I think we have unrealistically expectations of AI relative to flawed people. @seaneke.bsky.social and I wrote about this last year 🔗👇
Interesting @sciencewise.bsky.social study on policing. I think we have unrealistically expectations of AI relative to flawed people. @seaneke.bsky.social and I wrote about this last year 🔗👇