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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

more detail on why things aren't working, and recs on improving pay, incentives & governance in the report -- read here: britishprogress.org/reports/fix...

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

finally, the remaining orgs need to evolve, e.g.: - an expanded @CMAgovUK should organise around users, building services to improve consumer rights enforcement - @neso_energy & new equivalents in water etc. must focus on contestability throughout the stack, not just central planning

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

what do we do (2)? for safety regulators, novel technologies get stuck in limbo bc authorities are constrained by resource, rules + risk aversion we should create a new Accelerated Innovation Agency to inject pace & urgency to regulatory pathways for frontier tech (i.e. cut our losses on the RIO)

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

so what do we do (1)? economic regulators are in a straightjacket, so we get underinvestment it's time to scrap, split up & simplify, starting w/ @ofgem.bsky.social & @ofgem.bsky.social: - policy → depts - econ reg → @CMAgovUK.bsky.social ( 🇳🇱+🇦🇺 model) - delivery → @neso-energy.bsky.social etc

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

in water, despite a regulatory model promoting asset-sweating rather than building, we still lose about ~23% of our water supply every day due to leaks -- that's 5x more than NL 🇳🇱 and 3x more than GER 🇩🇪 fixing that would be the equivalent of building 6 more Abingdon reservoirs

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

recap: the status quo is dominated by 'just one moreism' – adding more bodies, duties, rules and conditions – rather than accelerating infra delivery now, investor confidence is waning, the NAO say there's 'no coherent plan' for water, + the ONR act like approving only 1 reactor since 1990 is fine

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

new for @britishprogress.bsky.social: a broken regulatory state has led to delayed investment, eroded state capacity, powerless politicians, zombified companies and rate-limited startups it's time to change the model not a bonfire, but a controlled explosion: britishprogress.org/reports/fix...

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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 03/04/2025

💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for growth that drives shared progress, rooted in Britain's values and industrial heritage. It all starts with a postcard from 1870 👇 britishprogress.org/articles/red...

Cover of the essay Rediscovering British Progress available at https://britishprogress.org/articles/rediscovering-british-progress

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Andrew Bennett @droojb.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

in 5 yrs time, age might shift too; for previous 14 years young people haven’t had a Labour govt to dislike/vote against!

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