Jonathan Slater

@_JonathanSlater @UCLPolicyLab This looks intriguing Jonathan. Will read with interest!

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/new…

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.

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

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-ed…

Very excited for this! Some great speakers @Voa1234 @JYDenham @PatrickDiamond1 @SianCElliott @LouMitchell13 @_JonathanSlater @carolineslocock @MarkAdamSmith with many more to follow!

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

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/liber… 5/5

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

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) 🌹

@bphillipsonMP @cazjwheeler Fantastic appointment. Huge experience, wisdom, and track record, locally and nationally. Go Kevan!

Kevan Collins has been an outstanding force for driving high & rising standards in schools. He stood up for our children in the pandemic when the Tories failed them. Delighted he’ll be working with Labour to shape a brighter future for our children.

🚨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…

On Father’s Day I think of my Dad Jim, I miss him still, after all these years. Happy memories 💕

@MLClem @MichaelBarber9 @Gus_ODonnell I think the PMDU under Michael’s leadership did some great things, and likewise Gus’s capability reviews, which I helped him create when I worked in the delivery unit myself. My point is that the challenges we face in today’s context need new solutions, not old ones.

@_JonathanSlater @MichaelBarber9 A Delivery Unit isn’t whole solution for reform of public services But is it a helpful tool for a govt that wants to learn how they turn rhetoric into outcomes? Yes. What followed from it was a better understanding of capacity to deliver - see @Gus_ODonnell Capability Reviews

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.

"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/professions/ar…

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’

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.

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.

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