Press

Re:State's research and commentary is regularly featured in the media. You can find press coverage of Re:State's work here.

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Labour List, 13 March 2025

Senior Researcher, Patrick King, writes for Labour List on why the Prime Minister would be right to crackdown on quangos, ahead of the PM's scheduled speech on this topic.


Times Radio Breakfast Show, 13 March 2025

Charlotte Pickles, Reform's Director, went on the Times Radio Breakfast show hosted by Kate McCann and Stig Abell to discuss the Prime Minister's upcoming speech which promised to transform the “overcautious and flabby” State.


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Local Government Chronicle, 12 March 2025

Dr Simon Kaye, Policy Director, writes for the Local Government Chronicle on what the goal for devolution should be and the future of strategic authorities.


CityAM, 12 March 2025

Joe Hill, Policy Director, writes for CityAM on how five years after the Covid-19 pandemic we are heading into another crisis without properly preparing.


Consultancy.uk, 11 March 2025

Consultancy.uk reported comments from Reform's Director, Charlotte Pickles, on levels of public trust in the Government and the public's priorities.


The Telegraph, 11 March 2025

Rosie Beacon, Reform's Head of Health, wrote for The Telegraph about the persistent overcentralisation of the health system, following Government announcements of NHS England staff cuts.


The iPaper, 7 March 2025

Dr Simon Kaye, Policy Director, is quoted in an iPaper feature piece on the finances of local government and the salaries of top local officers.


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Conservative Home, 7 March 2025

Patrick King, Senior Researcher, writes for Conservative Home on the problems plaguing the current public bodies landscape, based on Re:State's recently published 'Quangocracy' report.


Trending Health Podcast, 6 March 2025

Rosie Beacon, Reform's Head of Health, was a special guest on the Trending Health podcast discussing the challenge of balancing medical innovation and the increase in healthcare costs this drives. Listen here.


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Civil Service World, 4 March 2025

Alice Semark, Research Assistant, writes for Civil Service World on the problems endemic to the public body landscape, based on Re:State's new report, 'Quangocracy'.


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Civil Service World, 28 February 2025

CSW covers Reform's new report, 'Quangocracy', emphasising the need for government to get a grip on the UK's complex and opaque public body landscape.


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Civil Service World, 26 February 2025

Reform's Director, Charlotte Pickles, writes in Civil Service World with Ed Roddis about Re:State and Deloitte's recently co-published 'State of the State 2025' report.


The Times, 25 February 2025

The Times exclusively trailed Reform's new 'Reimagining Whitehall' paper 'Quangocracy: The future of public bodies', including speaking to Reform Senior Researcher and the paper's lead author, Patrick King.


Municipal Journal, 18 February 2025

Reform Policy Director, Simon Kaye, writes in the MJ about the capability challenges which will need to be tackled if devolution is to succeed.


CityAM, 12 February 2025

Policy Director, Joe Hill, writes for CityAM about Whitehall's response to the Trump Administration's reforms of the federal state.