Nick Plumb
@nickplumb.bsky.social
Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
A plug for this @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social piece which was a useful counterweight to some of my techno-pessimism. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change
In our next essay, Rachel Coldicutt explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communit ...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A plug for this @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social piece which was a useful counterweight to some of my techno-pessimism. www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
As someone who spent some time living in Taiwan, always interested in takes on digital democracy there. Will take a look.
Would also love a broader chat at some point. Will drop you a message.
Would also love a broader chat at some point. Will drop you a message.
October 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As someone who spent some time living in Taiwan, always interested in takes on digital democracy there. Will take a look.
Would also love a broader chat at some point. Will drop you a message.
Would also love a broader chat at some point. Will drop you a message.
Full essay here 👇👇
The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change
In our next essay, Rachel Coldicott, explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communi ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Full essay here 👇👇
Reposted by Nick Plumb
The publication was created with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @powertochange.org.uk to bring together voices from our campaign alongside leading Labour politicians and thinkers.
👉 Read Kirsty McNeil’s essay and the full collection: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
🧵 2/2 #CommunityPoweredPolitics
👉 Read Kirsty McNeil’s essay and the full collection: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
🧵 2/2 #CommunityPoweredPolitics
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The publication was created with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @powertochange.org.uk to bring together voices from our campaign alongside leading Labour politicians and thinkers.
👉 Read Kirsty McNeil’s essay and the full collection: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
🧵 2/2 #CommunityPoweredPolitics
👉 Read Kirsty McNeil’s essay and the full collection: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
🧵 2/2 #CommunityPoweredPolitics
"A huge range of everyday issues were mentioned, from new public toilets in Wythenshawe, increased litter-picking in Gorton, and additional benches in Pendleton. But what people most want are places they can connect with others."
Great reporting from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Great reporting from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We spoke to 42 people in 19 areas getting £20m - this is how they'd spend it
The government's new initiative gives £20m over 10 years to 19 areas in Greater Manchester - and voters decide how to spend it
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"A huge range of everyday issues were mentioned, from new public toilets in Wythenshawe, increased litter-picking in Gorton, and additional benches in Pendleton. But what people most want are places they can connect with others."
Great reporting from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Great reporting from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Read the full briefing here 👇👇
Returning power to the people: What community empowerment can do for the public and for politics - Power to Change
At a time when the government faces enormous pressure to mount a response to the sense of discontent and decline that the public is feeling, giving communit ...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Read the full briefing here 👇👇
There is political risk for the government, if the delivery of the programme doesn't match the rhetoric.
Starmer did the rounds on local radio stations last week to sell the programme - places' expectations have been raised, so now is the time to meet the moment with genuine community control.
Starmer did the rounds on local radio stations last week to sell the programme - places' expectations have been raised, so now is the time to meet the moment with genuine community control.
September 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
There is political risk for the government, if the delivery of the programme doesn't match the rhetoric.
Starmer did the rounds on local radio stations last week to sell the programme - places' expectations have been raised, so now is the time to meet the moment with genuine community control.
Starmer did the rounds on local radio stations last week to sell the programme - places' expectations have been raised, so now is the time to meet the moment with genuine community control.
As polling for @right-here.org has shown, people want a say over how government money is spent.
They would even accept *less money* being spent in their area, if they were given more control.
The Pride in Place agenda is talking a good game on community control...
They would even accept *less money* being spent in their area, if they were given more control.
The Pride in Place agenda is talking a good game on community control...
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As polling for @right-here.org has shown, people want a say over how government money is spent.
They would even accept *less money* being spent in their area, if they were given more control.
The Pride in Place agenda is talking a good game on community control...
They would even accept *less money* being spent in their area, if they were given more control.
The Pride in Place agenda is talking a good game on community control...