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Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨 Hiring news! 🚨 I’m looking to hire five really important new roles. Each will lead a major new innovation programme to tackle one of five major national challenges.

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Vigil for peace in Ukraine with our Ukrainian guests this weekend. We didn't anticipate we would be still living together after 3 years and would have become family to one another. Nor did we fully anticipate the seismic movement of tectonic plates and alliances in our world.

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The Ramadan Pavilion comes to Bradford, its' beautiful arches perfectly echoing the Italianate architecture of Bradford City Hall. Come see it!!

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IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"In order to mature the model of devolution, we really need to see other moves forward in fiscal devolution" @zoebillingham.bsky.social giving evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee 🗣️ youtu.be/Ep8ADhYTpJU

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IPPR North's Zoë Billingham on fiscal devolution

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Had the best day out with granddaughter and daughter in law - noodles and gyoza heaven 🍜

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Scotland is on course to have the lowest child poverty rate in the UK within five years - and it’s set to keep falling, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Encouraging news but there’s more to do, which is why we’re building a Scotland where every child can thrive.

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Scottish progress on child poverty 'to outstrip rest of UK'

Scotland’s child poverty rate could fall to 21.8% by January 2029 from the current rate – believed to be 23.7%, according to forecasting data.

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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Tell us about when Local Govt really wins open-innovations.org/form/id/the-...

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The power of local: finding examples

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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Data & AI Jobs in Leeds!

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Great to work with you Paul! We had a cracking set of debates with our former colleagues on strategy and policy making and one of the key issues of the moment - the devo white paper.

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Leaving the snow covered north for my first trip of '25 to that there London to chair @theyoungfdn.bsky.social. Hoping for a thaw by my return as our van brakes still frozen. 🥶

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Bursting with pride last night at the launch of the #UKCityofCulture2025. Thousands of good people worked over many years to secure this recognition of the talent + creativity in Bradford District. I salute you! Today I walked on the beautiful snowy moor tops of the District. Bradford has it all!

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The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Phase 3 of the Heritage Innovation Fund is here! With £2.9m in funding from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and delivered in partnership with The Young Foundation, 13 organisations across the UK are driving innovation for a more sustainable and inclusive heritage sector. More👇 bit.ly/3Vp52bL

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Heritage organisations drive ‘meaningful and sustainable’ change | The Young Foundation

As our Heritage Innovation Fund partnership moves into its third phase, organisations across the UK continue to innovate creative new ways of working.

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The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We were at @reformthinktank.bsky.social's ‘Reimagining the Local State’ conference yesterday, hearing from @mayorofwy.bsky.social and others. Our Chair @kerstenengland.bsky.social talked about how community collaboration and new approaches to devolution are shaping the future of local governance 1/3

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The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our Chair, @kerstenengland.bsky.social, joins @reformthinktank.bsky.social’s ‘Reimagining the Local State’ conference on Monday. On a panel discussing modern municipalism she’ll explore how cities can innovate, work with communities and harness devolution to transform local government.

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Kersten England @kerstenengland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Wonderful Diwali event in Bradford at the weekend. Especially as Vinay, who I first met when he came to work shadow me at the age of 15 (and yes he was nearly 6ft then) was MC for the night. Our last big gig was hosting William and Kate just before lockdown in 2020!

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