Adam Terry
@adamterryfgf.bsky.social
Deputy Director @futuregovforum.bsky.social
Politics and policy geek | Bearded north London music lover | Twin father and sometime trailing spouse
Politics and policy geek | Bearded north London music lover | Twin father and sometime trailing spouse
This by @philtinline.bsky.social for @renewaljournal.bsky.social gives the central argument of his recent report 'Power Failure': how what begin as solutions to overconcentrations of power in time become problems, disempowering and frustrating the public: renewal.org.uk/blog/disempo...
Disempowering the public
For those leading relatively empowered lives, interrogating power risks stirring up needless conflict. But in the face of warnings that ‘the sense of disempowerment people feel over their everyday liv...
renewal.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This by @philtinline.bsky.social for @renewaljournal.bsky.social gives the central argument of his recent report 'Power Failure': how what begin as solutions to overconcentrations of power in time become problems, disempowering and frustrating the public: renewal.org.uk/blog/disempo...
Thought-provoking piece here from Etaine Lamy, who's just finished an internship at Form Ventures and reflects on the UK's innovation ecosystem having now seen it from all sides: regulator, adviser, founder and investor...
formventures.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...
@leoringer.bsky.social
formventures.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...
@leoringer.bsky.social
Why can’t regulators think like founders?
Etaine has been interning with us this winter as she wraps up her MBA at the Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth) in the US.
formventures.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Thought-provoking piece here from Etaine Lamy, who's just finished an internship at Form Ventures and reflects on the UK's innovation ecosystem having now seen it from all sides: regulator, adviser, founder and investor...
formventures.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...
@leoringer.bsky.social
formventures.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...
@leoringer.bsky.social
Latest @futuregovforum.bsky.social report out today, looking at the new 'strategic authorities' established by the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill.
'Stewards of the Regional System' explores how to set these bodies up for success.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/imp...
'Stewards of the Regional System' explores how to set these bodies up for success.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/imp...
Impactful Devolution 04 - Stewards of the Regional System - Strengthening the foundations of strategic authorities - Future Governance Forum
A new report published by FGF which is written in partnership with Metro Dynamics and funded by London Councils, has recommended that national government strengthens the changes they are making for st...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Latest @futuregovforum.bsky.social report out today, looking at the new 'strategic authorities' established by the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill.
'Stewards of the Regional System' explores how to set these bodies up for success.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/imp...
'Stewards of the Regional System' explores how to set these bodies up for success.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/imp...
Darren Jones wants govt to 'move fast and fix things'.
For @futuregovforum.bsky.social Josie Cluer says up the ambition: move faster; fix more things.
Means learning lessons of crisis response in 'peacetime' & embracing digital revolution.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
For @futuregovforum.bsky.social Josie Cluer says up the ambition: move faster; fix more things.
Means learning lessons of crisis response in 'peacetime' & embracing digital revolution.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Move even faster to fix even more things
By Josie Cluer, FGF Policy Advisory Group member and Partner at EY
futuregovforum.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Darren Jones wants govt to 'move fast and fix things'.
For @futuregovforum.bsky.social Josie Cluer says up the ambition: move faster; fix more things.
Means learning lessons of crisis response in 'peacetime' & embracing digital revolution.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
For @futuregovforum.bsky.social Josie Cluer says up the ambition: move faster; fix more things.
Means learning lessons of crisis response in 'peacetime' & embracing digital revolution.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Reposted by Adam Terry
This report by @philtinline.bsky.social is brilliant on how power in Britain is both too centralised and too dispersed and what a progressive response looks like: reasserting the democratic state. www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
Power Failure: A new theory of power - Future Governance Forum
British politics feels stuck. In recent years, both Conservative and Labour governments have found themselves increasingly hamstrung by a web of problematic concentrations and dispersals of power, thw...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This report by @philtinline.bsky.social is brilliant on how power in Britain is both too centralised and too dispersed and what a progressive response looks like: reasserting the democratic state. www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
Reposted by Adam Terry
✍️ Last chance to sign up ✍️
Join FGF, Metro Dynamics and an expert panel to discuss how we set a new generation of strategic authorities up for success 🚀
📅 Tomorrow (Thurs 29)
🕧 12.30-1.30pm
💻 Stream live, via Zoom
Sign up now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewards-o...
Join FGF, Metro Dynamics and an expert panel to discuss how we set a new generation of strategic authorities up for success 🚀
📅 Tomorrow (Thurs 29)
🕧 12.30-1.30pm
💻 Stream live, via Zoom
Sign up now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewards-o...
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
✍️ Last chance to sign up ✍️
Join FGF, Metro Dynamics and an expert panel to discuss how we set a new generation of strategic authorities up for success 🚀
📅 Tomorrow (Thurs 29)
🕧 12.30-1.30pm
💻 Stream live, via Zoom
Sign up now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewards-o...
Join FGF, Metro Dynamics and an expert panel to discuss how we set a new generation of strategic authorities up for success 🚀
📅 Tomorrow (Thurs 29)
🕧 12.30-1.30pm
💻 Stream live, via Zoom
Sign up now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewards-o...
Reposted by Adam Terry
The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is right to want to move fast and fix things; for the public’s sake, he should move even faster to fix even more, writes Josie Cluer, FGF Policy Advisory Group member & Partner at EY.
Read Josie's article here 🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Read Josie's article here 🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Move even faster to fix even more things
By Josie Cluer, FGF Policy Advisory Group member and Partner at EY
futuregovforum.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is right to want to move fast and fix things; for the public’s sake, he should move even faster to fix even more, writes Josie Cluer, FGF Policy Advisory Group member & Partner at EY.
Read Josie's article here 🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Read Josie's article here 🔽
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/move-even-...
Reposted by Adam Terry
How do you solve a problem like Whitehall?
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
By @philtinline.bsky.social
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
By @philtinline.bsky.social
How do you solve a problem like Whitehall?
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
www.newstatesman.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
How do you solve a problem like Whitehall?
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
By @philtinline.bsky.social
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
By @philtinline.bsky.social
Fantastic piece in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by @philtinline.bsky.social - on rediscovering the concept of 'the statesman' (and stateswoman), a confident and effective public figure who can get things done; and end the orthodoxy of 'business-is-better'.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
How do you solve a problem like Whitehall?
Our tired machinery of government needs new ideas and new statesmen
www.newstatesman.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Fantastic piece in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by @philtinline.bsky.social - on rediscovering the concept of 'the statesman' (and stateswoman), a confident and effective public figure who can get things done; and end the orthodoxy of 'business-is-better'.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Great blog here from my @futuregovforum.bsky.social colleague (& fmr Chief of Staff to the Welsh First Minister) Alex Bevan.
Looks at productivity in Wales, & why the language of 'productivity puzzle' is unhelpful: this is 'a challenge, not a mystery'.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/from-puzzl...
Looks at productivity in Wales, & why the language of 'productivity puzzle' is unhelpful: this is 'a challenge, not a mystery'.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/from-puzzl...
From puzzles to progress: tools for Wales’ productivity challenge
By Alex Bevan, FGF Research Fellow and former Chief of Staff to the First Minister of Wales.
futuregovforum.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Great blog here from my @futuregovforum.bsky.social colleague (& fmr Chief of Staff to the Welsh First Minister) Alex Bevan.
Looks at productivity in Wales, & why the language of 'productivity puzzle' is unhelpful: this is 'a challenge, not a mystery'.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/from-puzzl...
Looks at productivity in Wales, & why the language of 'productivity puzzle' is unhelpful: this is 'a challenge, not a mystery'.
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/from-puzzl...
Fantastic new report by @philtinline.bsky.social for @futuregovforum.bsky.social out today.
'Power Failure' examines how we think about power in the British state: where it's too concentrated; where it's too dispersed; what this means for governing.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
'Power Failure' examines how we think about power in the British state: where it's too concentrated; where it's too dispersed; what this means for governing.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Fantastic new report by @philtinline.bsky.social for @futuregovforum.bsky.social out today.
'Power Failure' examines how we think about power in the British state: where it's too concentrated; where it's too dispersed; what this means for governing.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
'Power Failure' examines how we think about power in the British state: where it's too concentrated; where it's too dispersed; what this means for governing.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
Reposted by Adam Terry
OUT NOW: Power Failure: A new theory of power
New report by @philtinline.bsky.social argues we need a new ‘theory of power’ to understand where power lies & how it should be redistributed – so govt can get things done and restore trust.
Full report ⬇️
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
New report by @philtinline.bsky.social argues we need a new ‘theory of power’ to understand where power lies & how it should be redistributed – so govt can get things done and restore trust.
Full report ⬇️
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 AM
OUT NOW: Power Failure: A new theory of power
New report by @philtinline.bsky.social argues we need a new ‘theory of power’ to understand where power lies & how it should be redistributed – so govt can get things done and restore trust.
Full report ⬇️
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
New report by @philtinline.bsky.social argues we need a new ‘theory of power’ to understand where power lies & how it should be redistributed – so govt can get things done and restore trust.
Full report ⬇️
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/pow...
Caught up with this typically excellent @pollymackenzie.bsky.social post that came out just before Christmas
On moving on from dead metaphors when it comes to making govt work, and why the PM's most powerful tool isn't a lever; it's his voice
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/there-aren...
On moving on from dead metaphors when it comes to making govt work, and why the PM's most powerful tool isn't a lever; it's his voice
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/there-aren...
There aren't any levers
A dead metaphor is killing the government's ability to get things done
howtorunacountry.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Caught up with this typically excellent @pollymackenzie.bsky.social post that came out just before Christmas
On moving on from dead metaphors when it comes to making govt work, and why the PM's most powerful tool isn't a lever; it's his voice
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/there-aren...
On moving on from dead metaphors when it comes to making govt work, and why the PM's most powerful tool isn't a lever; it's his voice
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/there-aren...
We're hiring! Two great new roles coming up at @futuregovforum.bsky.social - Researcher and Communications Coordinator.
If you'd like to join one of the UK's newest and most exciting think tanks, focused on transforming the state to renew the nation, then you've got a week left to apply...
If you'd like to join one of the UK's newest and most exciting think tanks, focused on transforming the state to renew the nation, then you've got a week left to apply...
Come and join our team as:
🟢 Researcher - who'll conduct research & analysis in support of projects and workstreams at FGF
🟢 Communications Coordinator - who'll devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
🟢 Researcher - who'll conduct research & analysis in support of projects and workstreams at FGF
🟢 Communications Coordinator - who'll devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We're hiring! Two great new roles coming up at @futuregovforum.bsky.social - Researcher and Communications Coordinator.
If you'd like to join one of the UK's newest and most exciting think tanks, focused on transforming the state to renew the nation, then you've got a week left to apply...
If you'd like to join one of the UK's newest and most exciting think tanks, focused on transforming the state to renew the nation, then you've got a week left to apply...
Out today, just in time for Christmas (!):
My colleague @danrcorry.bsky.social has a new report on how we to get more public investment into places beyond London and the South East - to genuinely make good on commitments to see good growth everywhere
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My colleague @danrcorry.bsky.social has a new report on how we to get more public investment into places beyond London and the South East - to genuinely make good on commitments to see good growth everywhere
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December 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Out today, just in time for Christmas (!):
My colleague @danrcorry.bsky.social has a new report on how we to get more public investment into places beyond London and the South East - to genuinely make good on commitments to see good growth everywhere
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My colleague @danrcorry.bsky.social has a new report on how we to get more public investment into places beyond London and the South East - to genuinely make good on commitments to see good growth everywhere
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Big moment here as for the first time since 2020 not one of my 5 most played songs of the year came from the soundtrack to Disney's Cars
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Big moment here as for the first time since 2020 not one of my 5 most played songs of the year came from the soundtrack to Disney's Cars
Great opening speech by @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social at the @futuregovforum.bsky.social & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social 'Britain Renewed 2025' conference today.
Spoke of the need for radical disruption and to root public services in place, to put relationships at their heart and build a responsive state.
Spoke of the need for radical disruption and to root public services in place, to put relationships at their heart and build a responsive state.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great opening speech by @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social at the @futuregovforum.bsky.social & @uclpolicylab.bsky.social 'Britain Renewed 2025' conference today.
Spoke of the need for radical disruption and to root public services in place, to put relationships at their heart and build a responsive state.
Spoke of the need for radical disruption and to root public services in place, to put relationships at their heart and build a responsive state.
Reposted by Adam Terry
The Budget didn’t ‘go big’, but it did deliver a raft of promising reforms to the state: the return of Total Place, new PPPs to finance infrastructure, measures to support scale-ups, and much more besides.
The task now is to get delivery right.
Read on for my take 🧵
The task now is to get delivery right.
Read on for my take 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Budget didn’t ‘go big’, but it did deliver a raft of promising reforms to the state: the return of Total Place, new PPPs to finance infrastructure, measures to support scale-ups, and much more besides.
The task now is to get delivery right.
Read on for my take 🧵
The task now is to get delivery right.
Read on for my take 🧵
Read @futuregovforum.bsky.social Chief Economist @danrcorry.bsky.social on the Budget:
The Chancellor opted not to go for The Big One when raising revenue. Will a combo of smaller tax rises - and, crucially, an articulation of what they are *for* - pay off?
www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...
The Chancellor opted not to go for The Big One when raising revenue. Will a combo of smaller tax rises - and, crucially, an articulation of what they are *for* - pay off?
www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Reeves ‘halfway house’ Budget strives for stability | Public Finance
Rachel Reeves has not been dealt the greatest hand for a Chancellor. The inheritance was grim, the world economy is trying to cope with the Trump approach to economics, and wars and populism bestride ...
www.publicfinance.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Read @futuregovforum.bsky.social Chief Economist @danrcorry.bsky.social on the Budget:
The Chancellor opted not to go for The Big One when raising revenue. Will a combo of smaller tax rises - and, crucially, an articulation of what they are *for* - pay off?
www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...
The Chancellor opted not to go for The Big One when raising revenue. Will a combo of smaller tax rises - and, crucially, an articulation of what they are *for* - pay off?
www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...
What can No 10 learn from My Little Pony?
A lot, it turns out - you need Applejacks, Raritys, Fluttershys, Rainbow Dashes & Twilight Sparkles as well as Pinkie Pies...
Great blog by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on @futuregovforum.bsky.social substack:
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/friendship...
A lot, it turns out - you need Applejacks, Raritys, Fluttershys, Rainbow Dashes & Twilight Sparkles as well as Pinkie Pies...
Great blog by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on @futuregovforum.bsky.social substack:
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/friendship...
Friendship is magic.
Lessons for No10 from the My Little Ponyverse
futuregovforum.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What can No 10 learn from My Little Pony?
A lot, it turns out - you need Applejacks, Raritys, Fluttershys, Rainbow Dashes & Twilight Sparkles as well as Pinkie Pies...
Great blog by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on @futuregovforum.bsky.social substack:
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/friendship...
A lot, it turns out - you need Applejacks, Raritys, Fluttershys, Rainbow Dashes & Twilight Sparkles as well as Pinkie Pies...
Great blog by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social on @futuregovforum.bsky.social substack:
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/friendship...
New from me for @futuregovforum.bsky.social: while much of the conversation ahead of next week's Budget has focused on tax and day-to-day spend decisions, there's also an important call for the Chancellor to make on how to fund new infrastructure
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The Budget is a chance to show voters that this government is serious about fixing Britain’s broken infrastructure
By introducing a new model of public-private partnerships, Rachel Reeves could send an unambiguous signal that change is coming.
futuregovforum.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New from me for @futuregovforum.bsky.social: while much of the conversation ahead of next week's Budget has focused on tax and day-to-day spend decisions, there's also an important call for the Chancellor to make on how to fund new infrastructure
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...
futuregovforum.substack.com/p/the-budget...
Reposted by Adam Terry
This govt's £120bn boost in infrastructure spend is significant - but it won’t fill the £300bn infrastructure gap.
The Budget shld launch a new public-private partnership model to fix our crumbling public realm & regenerate communities.
✍️ @adamterryfgf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/futurego...
The Budget shld launch a new public-private partnership model to fix our crumbling public realm & regenerate communities.
✍️ @adamterryfgf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/futurego...
The Budget is a chance to show voters that this government is serious about fixing Britain’s broken infrastructure
By introducing a new model of public-private partnerships, Rachel Reeves could send an unambiguous signal that change is coming.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This govt's £120bn boost in infrastructure spend is significant - but it won’t fill the £300bn infrastructure gap.
The Budget shld launch a new public-private partnership model to fix our crumbling public realm & regenerate communities.
✍️ @adamterryfgf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/futurego...
The Budget shld launch a new public-private partnership model to fix our crumbling public realm & regenerate communities.
✍️ @adamterryfgf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/futurego...
After the Home Secretary's statement on asylum yesterday - largely focused on addressing 'pull factors' for those making the dangerous Channel crossing by small boat - my colleague @bethgardiner-smith.bsky.social has written a piece for @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
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labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
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'From signals to system change: we need practical reforms that could cut asylum backlogs and end hotel use' - LabourList
The Home secretary sent a big signal on the future of asylum laws in the UK. But here are more practical steps she could take says Beth Gardiner-Smith.
labourlist.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
After the Home Secretary's statement on asylum yesterday - largely focused on addressing 'pull factors' for those making the dangerous Channel crossing by small boat - my colleague @bethgardiner-smith.bsky.social has written a piece for @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
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labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
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Really proud of the whole team at @futuregovforum.bsky.social for being highly commended as 'One To Watch' at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards last night. A real achievement less than two years after we launched.
And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!
And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Really proud of the whole team at @futuregovforum.bsky.social for being highly commended as 'One To Watch' at the inaugural @smartthinking.bsky.social awards last night. A real achievement less than two years after we launched.
And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!
And congrats to @britishprogress.org who took home the award!
Reposted by Adam Terry
Plummeting levels of public trust and a government operating model that is not fit for purpose are not unique problems of a Labour government. But it is a Labour government that needs to fix them. Me in today's @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/11/depa...
labourlist.org/2025/11/depa...
'A Department for the Prime Minister could renew delivery – and trust – in politics' - LabourList
A 'department for the Prime Minister' could help ensure delivery on the PM's agenda - rebuilding trust in politics argues Nathan Yeowell of Future Governance Forum.
labourlist.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Plummeting levels of public trust and a government operating model that is not fit for purpose are not unique problems of a Labour government. But it is a Labour government that needs to fix them. Me in today's @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/11/depa...
labourlist.org/2025/11/depa...