An important new initiative. Comments valued. Peter

From: Demos – Ben Glover <hello@demos.co.uk> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Subject: Demos launches Future Public Services Taskforce
– major cross-party initiative on public service reform

Good morning,  Public services today face severe challenges. Yet as the country finally emerges from the shadow of the pandemic, we have a chance to reflect on what future we want for our public services. Politicians are interested, with public service reform on the lips of those across the political spectrum once again. And away from Westminster, an exciting new public services paradigm has been sketched: a more relational, preventative state.  Yet the country lacks a national public service reform agenda and has done so for over a decade now. This is critical because there is no path to reforming our public services unless there is a clear vision from the centre, even if that vision involves delegating power to citizens, communities and professionals.  That’s why Demos is today launching the Future Public Services Taskforce. This major new cross-party initiative will produce a new cross-cutting public service reform strategy for central government. This strategy could be the starting point for the first cross-cutting public service reform White Paper since 2011. The Future Public Services Taskforce is led and delivered by Demos, supported by Big Society Capital, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, CIPFA and PA Consulting.  We are delighted to be supported by an external Advisory Board comprising: Lord Victor Adebowale, Chair of the NHS Confederation. Baroness Simone Finn, former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister. Patricia Hewitt, Chair of NHS Norfolk and Waveney and Deputy Chair of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Partnership and former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.Chris Naylor, former Chief Executive of Barking and Dagenham Council. Jonathan Slater, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education. We are also supported by a wider group of Policy Advisors, who can be found here. To find out more about the Taskforce, please see our launch paper – Recovery Through Reform – published today.  For more information about the Taskforce, please get in touch. Very best wishes, Ben About Demos: Demos is the leading cross-party think tank. Building on nearly 30 years of creativity, ideas and impact, Demos is working to shape a more collaborative democracy, in which power is devolved, citizens participate in policy making, and together as a nation we find answers to the challenges of our century. Copyright © 2023 Demos, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Demos, 15 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DD, United Kingdom Add us to your address book