Former Permanent Secretary, relishing new portfolio life
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This looks intriguing Jonathan. Will read with interest!
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27 Oct 2025
It’s been an honour to work with so many impressive people this year on a plan to stop failing pupils on free school meals. My report - out today - explains how we got into this situation and, more importantly, how to get out of it. ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/news/20…
27 Oct 2025
The education system is failing too many working-class pupils, but we can turn it around.
@_JonathanSlater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on @BBCr4today discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
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27 Oct 2025
The education system is failing too many working-class pupils, but we can turn it around.
@_JonathanSlater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on @BBCr4today discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
19 Dec 2024
EVENT: Education in the 2025 Spending Review: impossible choices?
Join our launch of the IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the @nuffieldfound.
10:30 -12:00 | Wed 8 January | online
Speakers include: @annelongfield, @_JonathanSlater and @timleunig
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
6 Nov 2024
EVENT: Financial education fit for the future: the case for policy change
Join us, @SusSumHum, Baroness Sally Morgan, @_JonathanSlater, @RustonSmith1, Bernice Warwick & @RedSTARTeducate to ask what the future of financial education should look like
➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/financial…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Very excited for this! Some great speakers @Voa1234 @JYDenham @PatrickDiamond1 @SianCElliott @LouMitchell13 @_JonathanSlater @carolineslocock @MarkAdamSmith with many more to follow!
To mark the launch of the Taskforce's final report, Demos is hosting the Future Public Services Summit, where we will set out a new public service reform agenda.
📆4th Dec, 9:00 - 17:00
📺In person and online⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-pu…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
19 Sep 2024
We're thrilled to share that @_JonathanSlater has joined our panel 'financing a mission-led approach to government' at Labour Party Conference!
Join us in the secure zone on Monday 23 at 13:15
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
2 Sep 2024
I hope today's announcement is a first step to a broader liberation of public services, as we are setting out through our @Demos Taskforce with @CIPFA @BridgesOutcomes @BetterSocCap @PA_Consulting @publicnaylor @_JonathanSlater
demos.co.uk/research/liberat…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
23 Jul 2024
Yesterday @instituteforgov published a report on public service priorities for the new government. This is what Una O'Brien, former Permanent Secretary at Department of Health, & @_JonathanSlater, former Permanent Secretary at Department for Education had to say about the report
22 Jul 2024
NEW REPORT: Current spending plans are less generous than any of the 5 spending reviews by Blair Brown. Without a bold programme of public service reform most most public services will be performing worse at the next election in 28/29 than pre-pandemic🧵
instituteforgovernment.org.u…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
3 Jul 2024
Out today campaigning in Islington North for the excellent Praful Nargund, with Lord Collins of Highbury and Baroness Nye of Brixton (and the hardworking @TomWDoherty running the board) and others) 🌹
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
19 Jun 2024
🚨NEW PODCAST EPISODE🚨
What could be done to improve policymaking in education?
@NansiEllis and @GarethConyard joined us on #insideyoured to discuss their new book on how future policymakers could design better policies than their predecessors.
edsk.org/inside-your-ed-podc…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
16 Jun 2024
On Father’s Day I think of my Dad Jim, I miss him still, after all these years. Happy memories 💕
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6 Jun 2024
Working in Tony Blair’s delivery unit was an honour 20 years ago, but today’s challenges demand new answers. Let’s liberate public servants, unleashing their creativity and compassion to serve citizens in ways which top down rule-makers can only dream of.
6 Jun 2024
Reports suggest that a Labour government may bring back delivery units.
But today @_JonathanSlater, who worked in Blair's fabled Delivery Unit, argues we need a different approach.
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"I worked for Blair's Delivery Unit – trust me that the next government needs a new approach to reform"
New article by @_JonathanSlater explaining why the next government needs to look beyond top-down targets to successfully reform our public services✍️
civilserviceworld.com/profes…
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
5 Jun 2024
We had bread for the first time a month later. I slept in a bed again on Xmas Eve on 48 hrs leave. All the infantry who landed with us were killed or injured within a few months. I was really glad not to be in the infantry’
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
5 Jun 2024
At last it began to grow dark. We filled up with petrol & ammunition and made a cup of tea. I was on guard &heard 3 German planes up alone & so much flak was sent up from our bridgehead that all were shot down. We were up at first light, about 4am. D-Day was over & D 1 had begun.
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
5 Jun 2024
on our right to reinforce the original Airborne drop on the River Orme. Quite a number were shot down. Next came a report that 40 Tiger tanks were heading our way. I learnt later that these were stopped by an anti tank screen the British had posted.
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
5 Jun 2024
We were crawling (in a flail tank A squadron Westminster Dragoons) past Hermanville when tanks behind us began to blow up. 3 flails were knocked out from anti tank fire from our right. A great mass of 4 engined bombers& gliders came in
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Jonathan Slater retweeted
5 Jun 2024
#dday My Dad Jim, age 20- ‘The night of 5th June 1944 we set sail in the dark. When morning came we were not alone.There were ships as far as the eye could see from horizon to horizon. Shells were falling round us & a ship near us was hit. We landed on Queen Beach.
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28 Apr 2024
Looking forward to being quizzed by MPs on how to bring the world of civil service policy-making into the open air: committees.parliament.uk/eve… @instituteforgov @reformthinktank @nesta_uk @Demos @geoffmulgan @ukcivilservant
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