Head of Learning and Practice at The Future Governance Forum | Former Council Leader Labour Councillor | Feminist | Croydon - with on Bangladesh Pakistan
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3 Dec 2025
Honoured to be part of @CroydonHigh Wall of Women 150 as part of the school’s sesquicentennial and grateful to @shalinastudio for her support. The real stars were each of the current students who stunned the audience with their eloquence, proving that once a Croydon High girl…
3 Dec 2025
Celebrating @HamidaAli76 for being identified as a Changemaker from @CroydonHigh A stunning mural of 150 women put together by talented young girls 💕
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22 Sep 2024
Great to have a full house at first @FutureGovForum event with @UCLPolicyLab and @PublicDigitalHQ with huge thanks to @progbrit for their hospitality in their hub #Lab24
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25 Jul 2024
Congratulations to FGF and Metrodynamics colleagues on our first report on Impactful Devolution. With a new Labour government serious about moving power closer to communities, we hope this is helpful to ensuring all communities across the country see the benefits of more growth
25 Jul 2024
📣 OUT NOW – Impactful Devolution: A new framework for inclusive local growth & national renewal
New report with @metrodynamics sets out the role of #devolution in delivering Labour's mission to restore growth across the UK
Read the report, or read on 🧵
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22 Jul 2024
Fantastic that @JimfromOldham is joining an already stellar line-up on Thursday to launch our first reflections on how government can make its ambitions on devolution a lasting reality and its effects felt within communities. Join us!
22 Jul 2024
ANNOUNCING: Devolution Minister @JimfromOldham joins the panel!
Join us this Thurs as we discuss the new govt's first steps to advance devolution what can be done in its 1st term to lay the groundwork for a more lasting shift of power in a 2nd
Sign up:
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15 Jul 2024
NEW EVENT – How can Labour deliver on its devolution commitments in govt?
Hear from:
🗣️ @KiMcGuinness, North East Mayor
🗣️ @liamrobinson24, Leader @lpoolcouncil
🗣️ @PialiDG, @londoncouncils
🗣️ @BenLucas_, @metrodynamics
🪑 @HeatheratTheMJ
👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/908226539…
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4 Jul 2024
It’s Polling day and it’s time for change! Voted for @BenJLTaylor to be Labour’s first MP in Croydon South over two weeks ago by post. He couldn’t have worked harder since being selected 18 months ago and proof of how hard he would work for the people of Croydon South #VoteLabour
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2 Jul 2024
📣 OUT NOW – 100 Four 100: How a new govt can set itself up for success
With the UK set for a change of govt, FGF offers a playbook for how a new administration can use its first 100 hrs, four weeks & 100 days to lay the groundwork for the term ahead 🧵👇
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25 Jun 2024
Thanks so much to @UK_DGA for the opportunity to be part of such an august panel. Great to share some insight from our @FutureGovForum Briefing Paper on our take on a Labour government’s first hundred days - out on Thursday 👀📣!
25 Jun 2024
🗣️ FGF's @HamidaAli76 speaking at this morning's @UK_DGA 'Pathway to Power?' event alongside the FT's @GeorgeWParker, @S_Hammond & polling guru Sir John Curtice.
Fascinating discussion on the state of the race, but more importantly, what follows the morning after election night.
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30 May 2024
There’s still time to sign up to tonight’s #MissionCritical launch event! ✍️
🗣️ Joining Professor @MazzucatoM will be fmr Deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara, FGF Director @NathanYeowell and chair @kamalahmednews
Stream live from 5.30pm today >>
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30 May 2024
Big day launching our report on partnership with @MazzucatoM #MissionCritical: Statecraft for the 21st Century and @IIPP_UCL - offering practical thinking on how a government can be truly mission-driven
30 May 2024
🚀 Launched today – #MissionCritical: Statecraft for the 21st century
New report by Professor Mariana @MazzucatoM offers a blueprint for shifting Labour's 5️⃣ missions from campaign promises into a programme for govt.
⬇️ Read the report, or read on.. 🧵
futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/…
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15 May 2024
Renewing Britain will require a much deeper relationship between citizen and state – one founded on respect for all.
Ahead of today’s #BritainRenewed conference, read FGF Policy Associate @olliewsmith's blog arguing for a new approach to doing govt ➡️
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11 May 2024
🗣️ @HamidaAli76, Head of Policy and Programmes at FGF, speaking at @progbrit’s conference today on the importance of having a proper govt strategy on civic engagement & community cohesion in preventing polarisation in schools and wider society
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22 Apr 2024
Remembering Stephen Lawrence (13 September, 1974 – 22 April, 1993) 🤍🕊️
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23 Mar 2024
If you haven't already done so, sign-up to FGF below, we've got major content coming looking at:
👩💻 Mission-driven govt with @IIPP_UCL
👨💼 Devolution and local growth with @metrodynamics
👩🏫 New models of finance and investment
🤵 Prep for government
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22 Mar 2024
We're really pleased to be supporting the new series of @ThePowerTest podcast - listen to @ayeshahazarika and @Samfr set the out the political context for the rest of 2024 in the first episode, listen today! 🔽
22 Mar 2024
🧏🏽🎙️OUT NOW! Come join @Samfr and @ayeshahazarika as they take a look at where we are at the start of this election year and what’s ahead. Our new episode kicks us off in style (including full fat Ermine!) - available wherever you get your pods now! pod.link/1685159956/episode/…
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28 Feb 2024
Today’s event marks the publication of our #IntoPower report - now out!
Sign up to the event at eventbrite.co.uk/e/into-powe…
28 Feb 2024
Launched today – #IntoPower 01: Lessons from Australia and the United States 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
What can UK opposition parties learn from the Biden and Albanese transitions to government ahead of the next election?
⬇️ Read the new report from FGF, or read on... 🧵
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28 Feb 2024
Not too late to sign up for our first event at 12pm today marking the publication of our #IntoPower report reflecting on transfers of power and the importance of preparation eventbrite.co.uk/e/into-powe…
27 Feb 2024
Tomorrow 🕛. Sign up ➡️
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14 Jan 2024
Our first newsletter of 2024 will be hitting people's inboxes tomorrow - there's still time to sign up if you want to keep up to date with what we've been doing - and what our plans are for the rest of the year 🔽🔽🔽
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9 Jan 2024
My new colleague @adamrossterry at @FutureGovForum highlighting the importance of preparation - as well as campaigning - for power
9 Jan 2024
FGF deputy director @adamrossterry kicks off the year, and the FGF blog, with his thoughts on 2024: 'A year of choice - for voters and politicians alike'
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20 Nov 2023
It’s FGF’s official launch day today! Can’t wait to join the team in the new year
20 Nov 2023
We are the Future Governance Forum, a brand new, progressive, non-partisan think tank - and today is launch day!
A little thread about us…
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