When will we realise we can't keep rerunning the same tired old strategies in new clothes and expecting different outcomes. Only radical reform is going to change the direction of travel.

Thank you Inside Housing and Grainne for this profile of me. It made me laugh and slightly cringe - which in my case is probably a sign of accuracy!

Thanks to @turn2us.bsky.social for inviting me to open staff conference this week. Prepping for it really helped with my thinking on strategy-setting & leadership that allows learning, responsiveness to events, local autonomy, yet sets the clear direction organisations depend on.

I’ll be reviewing tomorrow’s papers on BBC Radio 4 #BroadcastingHouse tomorrow morning. Really looking forward to it. Do listen in.

Really enjoyed discussing the Sunday papers on BBC Radio 4 this morning with Ali Fortescue Frank Cottrell-Boyce Paddy O'Connell - thanks everyone for being such ace company. You can listen here (45 minutes in): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

So excited and proud to see these Shelter posters in Westminster station today! There’s still time to help ensure a new generation has the opportunities a safe home brings. It’s a right - or it should be. #InvestInSocialHousing #HomeIsEverything campaigns.shelter.org.uk/chancellor-inv…

I’ve been in and out of this building quite a few times in various roles. But today’s the first time I’ve ever seen #LarryTheCat . I kind of thought he was a myth - but no, in fact I nearly tripped over him on the doorstep!

All week, I’ve been mulling the 10 year anniversary of this landmark campaign - a career highlight for me - and the backdrop to it. So I got all controversial over on my virtually unused (so far) Substack: open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

Spot on from The Guardian. Wall to wall in yesterday’s news was the ugly sight of the worst conditions in social housing. Part of the irrefutable case for more social homes. More and better. 1. It can be done. 2. Cutting homelessness is impossible without it. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Civil society leader looking ahead to the party conferences? I posted six tips over on linked in: linkedin.com/posts/polly-ne… And I’ve got lots more tbh

Not enough money spent on the wrong type of homes: the successor to the current Affordable Homes Programme is announced next Wednesday. Here’s a 5⃣ minute read on the lessons we must learn to end homelessness and the housing emergency. shltr.org.uk/ofmFD

“NHS budget to rise in spending review at expense of other services” Let’s hope it’s not at the expense of housing. Homes (or lack of) that make people physically and mentally ill will eat up this NHS investment and more. thetimes.com/article/abb4ee…

A big step in the right direction. What a relief. This is the biggest boost to social housing for a generation, a major advance for social justice and a genuine strike against homelessness theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Successful campaigns and clear, ambitious, well communicated organisational strategy are two sides of a coin, not two separate things. I’ve teamed up with Forster Communications to help non-profits get this right. More info here ⬇️ linkedin.com/posts/forster_…

The biggest step forward in abortion rights for decades. Congratulations ⁦BPAS⁩ ⁦Fawcett Society⁩ and the whole coalition of women’s and medical organisations who supported this theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

I wrote on Substack about why leaders should be free to change their minds. In fact, encouraged to when it’s so often the only rational response in our weird world. open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

One year since the Labour government won its landslide, I'm swimming against the tide. Check out my take over on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pulse/year-gre…

Last week I had a powerful experience: a private discussion at University of Bristol of alumni and staff involved in the “Vincent Out” protests of 1986 and their (considerable) aftermath. My reflections on what I’ve learned both then and since are on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/pollyneate…

People on the frontline Shelter⁩ see the racism of the housing system devastating lives daily. But to get change it’s not enough to know something, you have to prove it. Hence this important work by ⁦Heriot-Watt University⁩ theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Very excited to introduce this project with The Future Governance Forum (FGF) today, following the government’s launch this week of the Civil Society Covenant and phase 2 of the Test, Learn & Grow approach to public service reform. Check it out on Substack: substack.com/@pollyneate/no…