Joe Hill
@jo3hill.bsky.social
Policy Director @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
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!
Lots of factors at play in the continual shake-ups of No10, but clearly one is a profound frustration with the civil service.
Removing the Cab Sec and replacing him someone who has prev been a political appointee would send a clear message about the future of Whitehall.
Removing the Cab Sec and replacing him someone who has prev been a political appointee would send a clear message about the future of Whitehall.
Starmer going to be livid when he finds out who keeps putting the wrong people in the wrong jobs. Livid!
No 10 ‘has lost faith in Britain’s most senior civil servant’
www.thetimes.com/article/fa96...
No 10 ‘has lost faith in Britain’s most senior civil servant’
www.thetimes.com/article/fa96...
No 10 ‘has lost faith in Britain’s most senior civil servant’
Keir Starmer’s top team are said to be concerned about Chris Wormald’s performance as cabinet secretary and Downing Street ‘intends to replace him imminently’
www.thetimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Lots of factors at play in the continual shake-ups of No10, but clearly one is a profound frustration with the civil service.
Removing the Cab Sec and replacing him someone who has prev been a political appointee would send a clear message about the future of Whitehall.
Removing the Cab Sec and replacing him someone who has prev been a political appointee would send a clear message about the future of Whitehall.
Loved hosting this panel at Conservative Party Conference on remaking the State!
What would it take for the Conservatives to really reshape the State next time around?
Policy Director @jo3hill.bsky.social shares his three takeaways from our panel event at Conservative Party conference 👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/cons...
Policy Director @jo3hill.bsky.social shares his three takeaways from our panel event at Conservative Party conference 👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/cons...
Conservative Party conference: A Conservative vision to remake the State - Re:State
re-state.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Loved hosting this panel at Conservative Party Conference on remaking the State!
Fantastic discussion about the construction industry and sector support at Labour Party Conference! Loved chairing this one.
🏠 Business-as-usual won’t fix the housing crisis. Cross-sector collaboration, a stronger pipeline of skills, and better use of data are essential.
📝Researcher @seaneke.bsky.social reflects on the key insights from our private roundtable with Antonia Bance MP
at Labour Party Conference.
📝Researcher @seaneke.bsky.social reflects on the key insights from our private roundtable with Antonia Bance MP
at Labour Party Conference.
October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Fantastic discussion about the construction industry and sector support at Labour Party Conference! Loved chairing this one.
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.
"The new needs friends"
Last week we launched our Leaders Network for senior civil servants. It's a real milestone in our work at @re-state.bsky.social to work with the next generation of leaders, and help them think outside the box about the future of Whitehall. I wrote about the launch here.
Last week we launched our Leaders Network for senior civil servants. It's a real milestone in our work at @re-state.bsky.social to work with the next generation of leaders, and help them think outside the box about the future of Whitehall. I wrote about the launch here.
Whitehall can’t tackle 21st-century problems with 19th-century tools.
In this Re:Think, Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social, reflects on the launch of our Leaders Network in partnership with Newton, and why fresh ideas matter for leadership.
Check out the blog👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/laun...
In this Re:Think, Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social, reflects on the launch of our Leaders Network in partnership with Newton, and why fresh ideas matter for leadership.
Check out the blog👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/laun...
Launching leaders - Re:State
re-state.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"The new needs friends"
Last week we launched our Leaders Network for senior civil servants. It's a real milestone in our work at @re-state.bsky.social to work with the next generation of leaders, and help them think outside the box about the future of Whitehall. I wrote about the launch here.
Last week we launched our Leaders Network for senior civil servants. It's a real milestone in our work at @re-state.bsky.social to work with the next generation of leaders, and help them think outside the box about the future of Whitehall. I wrote about the launch here.
Can't wait to host Kanishka Narayan for an 'in conversation event' next Tuesday at Labour Party Conference!
If you're in Liverpool, come along and hear us talk about AI and the future.
If you're in Liverpool, come along and hear us talk about AI and the future.
📢🚨 New Labour Party Conference Event Added 🚨📢
We’re delighted to announce a newly confirmed Labour Party Conference event: an in conversation with Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
We’re delighted to announce a newly confirmed Labour Party Conference event: an in conversation with Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Can't wait to host Kanishka Narayan for an 'in conversation event' next Tuesday at Labour Party Conference!
If you're in Liverpool, come along and hear us talk about AI and the future.
If you're in Liverpool, come along and hear us talk about AI and the future.
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.
Reposted by Joe Hill
As Karl Popper said "It is impossible to communicate in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.“
If you think that I am minimizing the catastrophic situation we Europeans are all in, trust me, I am not.
If you think that I am minimizing the catastrophic situation we Europeans are all in, trust me, I am not.
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As Karl Popper said "It is impossible to communicate in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.“
If you think that I am minimizing the catastrophic situation we Europeans are all in, trust me, I am not.
If you think that I am minimizing the catastrophic situation we Europeans are all in, trust me, I am not.
‘The Law of Rule’
The growth this government promised hasn’t arrived. But there’s one thing they could do which wouldn’t cost them anything - regulatory reform.
I’ve written a long read about what they could do, and why it matters. 🧵
re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...
The growth this government promised hasn’t arrived. But there’s one thing they could do which wouldn’t cost them anything - regulatory reform.
I’ve written a long read about what they could do, and why it matters. 🧵
re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...
The Law of Rule: the regulation theory of everything - Re:State
If you are looking for good news, you won’t find it in the British economy. Yesterday’s employment data release continues a familiar trend, with the number of payrolled employees falling, vacancies fa...
re-state.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
‘The Law of Rule’
The growth this government promised hasn’t arrived. But there’s one thing they could do which wouldn’t cost them anything - regulatory reform.
I’ve written a long read about what they could do, and why it matters. 🧵
re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...
The growth this government promised hasn’t arrived. But there’s one thing they could do which wouldn’t cost them anything - regulatory reform.
I’ve written a long read about what they could do, and why it matters. 🧵
re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...
The hospital is a unique economic unit. Incredibly understudied, even in an NHS which has accidentally (and incorrectly) been plugging more and more resource into secondary care over the last two decades. Automation has huge potential.
Great new paper today from the team.
Great new paper today from the team.
🚨New paper out today!🚨
There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.
We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.
Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...
There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.
We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.
Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The hospital is a unique economic unit. Incredibly understudied, even in an NHS which has accidentally (and incorrectly) been plugging more and more resource into secondary care over the last two decades. Automation has huge potential.
Great new paper today from the team.
Great new paper today from the team.
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New paper out today on automation in hospitals!
Loved researching this - needless to say the efficiency gains of automating pharmacy are enormous yet embarrassingly rare!
Loved researching this - needless to say the efficiency gains of automating pharmacy are enormous yet embarrassingly rare!
🚨New paper out today!🚨
There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.
We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.
Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...
There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.
We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.
Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New paper out today on automation in hospitals!
Loved researching this - needless to say the efficiency gains of automating pharmacy are enormous yet embarrassingly rare!
Loved researching this - needless to say the efficiency gains of automating pharmacy are enormous yet embarrassingly rare!
Reposted by Joe Hill
What do officials think of performance management in the civil service? Here's what we found in our Alternative People Survey with @re-state.bsky.social...
(Spoiler: one of the responses is “I have never seen talented colleagues so demoralised.”)
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
(Spoiler: one of the responses is “I have never seen talented colleagues so demoralised.”)
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
Managing expectations: What do officials think of performance management in the civil service?
Pat McFadden has said failure to tackle poor performers is “one of the biggest barriers” civil servants face. But what do CSW readers think of how ...
www.civilserviceworld.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What do officials think of performance management in the civil service? Here's what we found in our Alternative People Survey with @re-state.bsky.social...
(Spoiler: one of the responses is “I have never seen talented colleagues so demoralised.”)
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
(Spoiler: one of the responses is “I have never seen talented colleagues so demoralised.”)
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...
Come work with us! An entry-level role going in our fantastic team, please share widely!
🚨We are hiring!🚨
This is a role that does not come up very often - an entry-level opportunity to get started in the world of think tanks.
Our Research Assistants play a part in every aspect of what we do as a small, fun, hard-working team.
Find the details here: re-state.co.uk/opportunity/...
This is a role that does not come up very often - an entry-level opportunity to get started in the world of think tanks.
Our Research Assistants play a part in every aspect of what we do as a small, fun, hard-working team.
Find the details here: re-state.co.uk/opportunity/...
September 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Come work with us! An entry-level role going in our fantastic team, please share widely!
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The drop in price in Coke, and increasing purity of supply, is definitely playing a role in *gestures at everything*.
See also the *massive* cocaine epidemic among 40- to 50-something men. The media keeps talking about young people and drugs but peak deaths are among 40-49 year olds now.
The discourse is all around deradicalising young men and the crisis among young men.
The discourse would be much better targeted if it was about deradicalising boomers (and increasingly Gen Xers).
The discourse would be much better targeted if it was about deradicalising boomers (and increasingly Gen Xers).
September 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The drop in price in Coke, and increasing purity of supply, is definitely playing a role in *gestures at everything*.
Transforming the state through technology could be the lasting legacy of this Government. But they need to start now.
The next post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open welcome letter to Liz Kendall and Kanishka Narayan on ideas for DSIT
The next post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open welcome letter to Liz Kendall and Kanishka Narayan on ideas for DSIT
Today: Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social , writes to The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State, and Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DSIT with his top 4 priorities for DSIT and GDS.
Check it out here👇
re-state.co.uk?p=12049&prev...
Check it out here👇
re-state.co.uk?p=12049&prev...
Re:Shuffle – an open letter to Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State, and Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DSIT - Re:State
re-state.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Transforming the state through technology could be the lasting legacy of this Government. But they need to start now.
The next post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open welcome letter to Liz Kendall and Kanishka Narayan on ideas for DSIT
The next post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open welcome letter to Liz Kendall and Kanishka Narayan on ideas for DSIT
In the lates post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open letter to @darrenpjones.bsky.social on the priorities for his new role leading the Cabinet Office, and as Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister!
Today: Policy Director, Joe Hill, writes to The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, newly appointed Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with his take on where focus should lie.
re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...
re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...
Re:Shuffle – an open letter to Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Re:State
re-state.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In the lates post in our Re:Shuffle series, I wrote an open letter to @darrenpjones.bsky.social on the priorities for his new role leading the Cabinet Office, and as Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister!
The Government has talked the talk on regulatory reform, now it's time to walk the walk. With a new Business Secretary, I'm in City AM today arguing that Peter Kyle should boost growth by taking a fresh look at the Government's plans to cut red tape.
www.cityam.com/new-business...
www.cityam.com/new-business...
New business secretary should put deregulation top of his agenda
Peter Kyle becomes the tenth business secretary in as many years - he should go where his predecessors didn't and genuinely cut red tape
www.cityam.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Government has talked the talk on regulatory reform, now it's time to walk the walk. With a new Business Secretary, I'm in City AM today arguing that Peter Kyle should boost growth by taking a fresh look at the Government's plans to cut red tape.
www.cityam.com/new-business...
www.cityam.com/new-business...
In the first of our Re:Shuffle series, Dr @stkaye.bsky.social writes his prescription for MHCLG's new management.
Few policy researchers have made as much impact with the department on devolution as our Local State team, great to mark the start of a new era with this piece!
Few policy researchers have made as much impact with the department on devolution as our Local State team, great to mark the start of a new era with this piece!
Today: Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social writes to Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government, with his take on where the department should focus.
Check it out here👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...
Check it out here👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...
Re:Shuffle - An open Letter to Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government - Re:State
re-state.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In the first of our Re:Shuffle series, Dr @stkaye.bsky.social writes his prescription for MHCLG's new management.
Few policy researchers have made as much impact with the department on devolution as our Local State team, great to mark the start of a new era with this piece!
Few policy researchers have made as much impact with the department on devolution as our Local State team, great to mark the start of a new era with this piece!
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Looking forward to joining Newsnight tonight to discuss, well, a whole lot of politics!!
September 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Looking forward to joining Newsnight tonight to discuss, well, a whole lot of politics!!
The CAA regulates drone flight. But local authorities regulate where drones can take off and land - and they're doing it badly.
New from the Greater London Project: why it's so hard to fly a drone in London, and how to fix it.
www.greaterlondon.co/p/flying-high
New from the Greater London Project: why it's so hard to fly a drone in London, and how to fix it.
www.greaterlondon.co/p/flying-high
Flying high
How to fly a drone in London
www.greaterlondon.co
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The CAA regulates drone flight. But local authorities regulate where drones can take off and land - and they're doing it badly.
New from the Greater London Project: why it's so hard to fly a drone in London, and how to fix it.
www.greaterlondon.co/p/flying-high
New from the Greater London Project: why it's so hard to fly a drone in London, and how to fix it.
www.greaterlondon.co/p/flying-high