Press

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

We are always happy to comment on policy issues relevant to our work. If you would like a quote, an interview, or a background briefing, please email press@re-state.co.uk.

 

Room 151, 16 April 2026

Room 151 covered Re:State's Beyond caring and its proposed reform of later-life social care funding.


LocalGov, 16 April 2026

Local Gov covered Re:State's Beyond caring and the paper's calls for a later-life social care fund, abolishing Adult Social Care precept on council tax and its argument that working-age and later-life care should be treated as two individual funding problems.


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Local Government Chronicle, 16 April 2026

Director of Policy and Research Dr Simon Kaye wrote in the Local Government Chronicle about the need to stop treating working-age and later-life social care as one and the case for a National late life care fund as recommended in Beyond caring.


Politics Home, 10 April 2026

CEO, Charlotte Pickles joined Politics Home's The Rundown to talk about public service reform, the importance of ministerial leadership in driving Whitehall transformation and the lessons government can learn.


Public Sector Executive, 1 April 2026

Public Sector Executive reported on the launch of the Devo Next Initiative and the need for a shared long-term vision to sustain the momentum of the English devolution agenda.


The Economist, 26 March 2026

Director of Strategy Joe Hill was quoted in a The Economist article discussing how scrapping the Regulatory Policy Committee would be a mistake.


The Municipal Journal, 25 March 2026

Policy Director Dr Simon Kaye wrote in the MJ about the renewed opportunity to push for more devolution


City AM, 24 March 2026

Researcher Cory Berman wrote in City AM about how Britain's regulatory system is broken and called for government to strengthen the Regulatory Policy Committee and accept that not every problem requires a new rule, drawing on The law of rule: fixing how Britain regulates.


YIMBY Pod, 23 March 2026

Policy Director Dr Simon Kaye spoke on the YIMBY pod about Capital at risk: rebooting London's governance for a new era and specifically the case for empowering London, giving the London mayor more powers, increasing accountability and liberating local authorities to do hyper local work.


City AM, 18 March 2026

City AM covered the launch of our report 'The law of rule,' highlighting the strong cross-party backing for our reforms and the urgency of strengthening the RPC amid rumours it could be scrapped.


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Civil Service World, 18 March 2026

Our new paper 'The law of rule: fixing how Britain regulates' featured in Civil Service World. The piece highlights our argument that regulation has become the default response to policy problems - too often introduced with weak scrutiny and rarely reviewed once in place. The result is a growing, increasingly complex rulebook that doesn’t always deliver.

 


BBC Radio 5 Live, 3 March 2026

CEO Charlotte Pickles joined Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live, covering All the Small Things from people standing in the way on escalators to storing cups and mugs rim up.


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Financial Times, 27 February 2026

Findings from The State of the State 2026 were discussed in the FT's The State of Britain newsletter, with quotes from Chief executive Charlotte Pickles.


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Civil Service World, 26 February 2026

Chief executive, Charlotte Pickles wrote for the CSW arguing that the government must act more boldly to overcome slow delivery and restore public confidence in its ability to deliver results, drawing on The State of the State 2026 report.


Local Government Chronicle, 12 February 2026

In an interview piece with Homes England Chief Property Officer, Alison Crofton, Local Government Chronicle mentioned New house rules: the case for devolving Homes England - Re:State and its call to abolish Homes England.