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Prof Dave Richards
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Manchester
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December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Following yesterday’s Budget, TPI’s @andywestwood.bsky.social @profdaverichards.bsky.social @drdarcyluke.bsky.social @samwarner.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond share insights on the government’s approach to growth and productivity.

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Budget 2025: Hyperactive Incrementalism and the Missing Long View - The Productivity Institute
The 2025 UK Budget had a glaring absence of any long-term economic strategy for growth and investment.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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I'd like to share a link with you www.productivity.ac.uk/news/budget-...
Budget 2025: Hyperactive Incrementalism and the Missing Long View - The Productivity Institute
The 2025 UK Budget had a glaring absence of any long-term economic strategy for growth and investment.
www.productivity.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Nice effort to explain for the Prison Service how new public management (NPM) combined with political short-termism, wreaks havoc, every time, with productivity in any public agency
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October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Check it out!

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October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The broader dimensions to the current prison's crisis are set out in this recent article we published for @policy-politics.bsky.social with @samwarner.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and Martin Smith
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November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Shame in itself is not an effective tool – the government’s standards regime shakeup should have gone further
When it comes to standards oversight, it’s not the acronym that matters – it’s the powers that go with it and the independence to make politically ...
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July 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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@uofgvc.bsky.social, Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Adrian Pabst, @joepeck.co.uk, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, @graemeroy.bsky.social, Martin Smith, @bartvanark.bsky.social, @annavignoles.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social, @andywestwood.bsky.social and Xiaocan Yuan. 4/4
July 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/... - to add to the others that are already knocking round over last two decades! Problems well know - its willingness to reform that is the road block!
Ex-No.10 Policy Unit head Munira Mirza to play key role in think tank targeting 'Whitehall bureaucracy'
Fix Britain says 'HR culture and bureaucracy of Whitehall' and rise in judicial reviews are among 'factors that prevent functionality' in governmen...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public | Institute for Government
New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Pleased to see evidence submitted with @nathancritch.bsky.social, Patrick Diamond, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social & @andywestwood.bsky.social was referenced in the 7th Report on Industrial Strategy by the Business & Trade Committee.

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June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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How to ruin a university | Terence Kealey | The Critic Magazine
The experiment of empowering councils and disempowering senates has failed, and we need to remodel our universities’ governance
thecritic.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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A short piece on the Spending Review written for the @productivity.bsky.social with my colleagues @nathancritch.bsky.social, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social, @andywestwood.bsky.social & Patrick Diamond.

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From a fragile to an agile state: is the Spending Review enough to enable the Starmer government to deliver on its growth mission? - The Productivity Institute
The 2025 Spending Review set out major capital spending, but will it be enough to boost productivity growth?
www.productivity.ac.uk
June 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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policy-politics.bsky.social
Want to know about the effect of political short-termism on the Prison Service in England and Wales? New to the blog!⚡️

@samwarner.bsky.social @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @profdaverichards.bsky.social

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The inefficiency of centralised control and political short-termism: the case of the Prison Service in England and Wales
by Sam Warner, David Richards, Diane Coyle and Martin J. Smith In our recent article published in Policy & Politics, we examine how centralised financial control and short-term political pressu…
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June 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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drdarcyluke.bsky.social
Written evidence from @nathancritch.bsky.social, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social, @andywestwood.bsky.social, Patrick Diamond and myself to Business & Trade Committee inquiry on Industrial Strategy has been published

You can read here: committees.parliament.uk/work/8882/in...
Industrial Strategy - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Written evidence submission publications for Industrial Strategy.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Is Labour doing enough to address the deep-seated problems with the British state?

@nathancritch.bsky.social, Patrick Diamond, Darcy Luke, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, @samwarner.bsky.social, and @andywestwood.bsky.social discuss the government's approach to institutional reform
Will Labour's Governance Approach Lead to Mission Success or Mission Failure?
Abstract Since coming to power in July 2024, the Starmer government’s approach to reform has rhetorically focussed on the centralised, short-term, and fragmented nature of British policymaking and th...
renewal.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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drdarcyluke.bsky.social
Very pleased to have this piece, co-authored with @nathancritch.bsky.social, Patrick Diamond, @profdaverichards.bsky.social, Sam Warner & @andywestwood.bsky.social, in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.

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Will Labour's Governance Approach Lead to Mission Success or Mission Failure?
Abstract Since coming to power in July 2024, the Starmer government’s approach to reform has rhetorically focussed on the centralised, short-term, and fragmented nature of British policymaking and th...
renewal.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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CMA told to prioritise economic growth in priority 'reset'
A 'strategic steer' from the business department says regulator should 'be attuned, and responsive to, feedback from business'
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May 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Treasury seeks technical efficiencies of ‘at least 1% a year’ from departments
Perm sec tells MPs “stretching and realistic” Spending Review targets are being worked up with the Office for Value for Money
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April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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POLSIS celebrated its ruby anniversary last night in the glamorous environs of the Vault in the Exchange. Thanks to all who came! #PSA25
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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PM acknowledges ‘risks’ with increased use of AI in government
Starmer tells MPs downsides of technology must be balanced against “huge opportunities”
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April 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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At @somersetccc.bsky.social to see Tom Banton break a few records
April 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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'The Spring Statement signals a return to Treasury orthodoxy' new blog for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social with @samwarner.bsky.social @drdarcyluke.bsky.social @nathancritch.bsky.social - part of @productivity.bsky.social + @nuffieldfoundation.org projects
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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psalocalpol.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky!!

We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social.

Convened by @peckersley.bsky.social, @tjarnold.bsky.social, Joanie Willett, & @jacknewman.bsky.social.

We'll be posting the latest research on local politics.
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I've taken on the comms role for @psalocalpol.bsky.social

Please do follow and share. We'll be sharing the latest academic and policy research about local government, local politics, devolution etc.
psalocalpol.bsky.social PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social · Mar 25
Hello Bluesky!!

We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social.

Convened by @peckersley.bsky.social, @tjarnold.bsky.social, Joanie Willett, & @jacknewman.bsky.social.

We'll be posting the latest research on local politics.
March 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM