The work is at the heart of a digital transformation of the planning system that will help build radically new digital planning services, helping deliver more & better quality homes alongside critical national infrastructure like wind and solar farms for us all. See jobs below👇

Job opportunity! Senior Procurement Manager x2: 1 Permanent, 1 for 12 months. We are seeking 2 Senior Procurement Managers to join the Commercial team to help support the commissioning of services and contracts to support the delivery of our priorities. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

We're increasing our numbers of Planning Inspectorate inspectors. Take a look. And never think it's for someone else "better" or "more experienced". Let us decide that: You might be just what we want. #planning #diversity #civilservice

Wrote about this all on my blog: Stable Diffusion is a really big deal simonwillison.net/2022/Aug/29/st…

"the mini-budget has destabilised the whole macroeconomic policy framework. As Michael Caine put it (not long after Harold Wilson devalued the pound – to $2.40!) ‘You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.’" Must read by Jonathan Portes ukandeu.ac.uk/whos-afraid-of…

How to waste a couple of hundred million pounds dlvr.it/SZDP51

“She is trying to govern with the divisive methods of populism, minus the popularity.”

On the Truss fiasco and the state of British politics. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

Brilliant. Cc Tim Dunn

As well as being great public service journalism it highlights decades of public service work in tech. Whether the Gov Gateway teams, HM Revenue & Customs Digital or GOV.UK team and many more #CivicTech #GovTech

In this #FWD50 collaboration, James A. Duncan & Lewis Eisen discuss overcoming organizational hurdles when creating modern digital services and policies.

Magical 🌱💚

Good The Guardian Long Read today. Reminds me of a favourite Ian Jack piece - Everything must go! amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Absolutely loving watching Si Jiahui but really enjoying stephen hendry ‘s enjoyment and commentary on him almost as much #SnookerWorldChampionship

I've been asked a number of times about hosting an Office Hours for service-based operating models, so as a little bit of an experiment, here it is: Tuesday, June 6 · 3:30 – 4:30pm Europe/London Video call link: meet.google.com/uxa-imkr-uji If you're interested, please join!

Especially good, especially bleak, Rafael Behr right on the money. “The Tories don’t like a country that is shaped by 13 years of their rule but prefer not to take responsibility. They have developed a keen reflex for diverting blame.”

Brilliant insight and writing from Laurie Bristow in Prospect 👏

Todays Tortoise sensemaker is essential reading on current events in the Middle East. Esp link to powerful Daniel Finkelstein article about very real and very recent context thetimes.co.uk/article/israel…

By our colleague James A. Duncan …