Ben Shave
ben-shave.bsky.social
Ben Shave
@ben-shave.bsky.social
I work at the House of Commons. Currently: digital and tech policy scrutiny for the Science, Innovation and Technology committee. Previously: Public Accounts and Brexit committees.

Apart from that, I'm mostly being a dad and cycling. My views.
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Pogačar's time up Hautacam was 35m21s according to FranceTV. Slower than Bjarne Riis's record of 34m41s from 1996
July 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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How exactly is the £500m fund for R&D on Labour govt's five missions going to work? Patrick Vallance starts to form some answers.

By @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Patrick Vallance trails first details of R&D missions programme - Research Professional News
Scheme will “stimulate a different way of thinking about R&D” in government, says science minister
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
First output from the SIT Committee scrutiny of DSIT's new digital centre that I'm working on. We wrote to the department asking how they arrived at an estimate of £45bn/year saving from the use of technology in the public sector. Here's what they sent back: committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...
Government shares calculation for £45 billion annual savings from digitisation of public sector - Committees - UK Parliament
The government has provided the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee with a breakdown of how it calculated the estimated figure of £45 billion in annual savings that could be reached thr...
committees.parliament.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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probably even starker for people even a smidge older than me but I do think a lot about how much the world has changed on that front in my lifetime, isn't it mad that I remember smoking in bars and at gigs, and being able to smoke in all flats/houses by default
Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Come and work with me! The Commons science, innovation and tech committee is after a science specialist. housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Committee Specialist (science policy) - Houses of Parliament
Title: Committee Specialist (science policy). Employer: House of Commons. Salary: £41,340 - £47,975 per annum. Closes: 13/04/2025, 23:55
housesofparliament.tal.net
March 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@mollygreeves.bsky.social Hi Molly - could you follow me so I can send you a DM? Thanks a lot!
March 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This is the correct take ✅
I have got the bulldozer out and I've smashed down the paywall for this one 🚨🚜
The Paris-Nice vs Tirreno-Adriatico debate.

Old man shouts at cloud...

open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...
March 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Re-upping this as the deadline to submit is in a week. Contribute to scrutiny of DSIT’s work to establish the new Government Digital Service.
New platform, new piece of work for the next few months.

I'm leading on the Science, Innovation & Technology select committee's inquiry looking at DSIT's new digital centre of government. If you have thoughts please submit them and/or get in touch! committees.parliament.uk/work/8903/di...
Digital centre of government - Committees - UK Parliament
Following the general election, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced plans to become the “digital centre of government”. It was also confirmed that the Government Dig...
committees.parliament.uk
February 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New platform, new piece of work for the next few months.

I'm leading on the Science, Innovation & Technology select committee's inquiry looking at DSIT's new digital centre of government. If you have thoughts please submit them and/or get in touch! committees.parliament.uk/work/8903/di...
Digital centre of government - Committees - UK Parliament
Following the general election, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced plans to become the “digital centre of government”. It was also confirmed that the Government Dig...
committees.parliament.uk
February 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM