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.

 

Room151, 11 December 2025

Room151 interviewed Policy Director Dr Simon Kaye on how fiscal devolution is being hampered by a lack of local consensus.


BBC Radio 5 Live, 9 December 2025

Director Charlotte Pickles joined Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live, covering All the Small Things from slow walkers in supermarkets to the pronunciation of the letter 'H'.


The Municipal Journal, 3 December 2025

The MJ covered Re:State's most recent 'Meetings with Mayors' webinar with Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England Combined Authority.


Civil Service World

Civil Service World, 28 November 2025

Researcher Sean Eke wrote an op-ed for Civil Service World about the importance of closing the 'practice-legislation gap' within public procurement. This follows Re:State's recent paper Procure and Simple.


The Guardian, 24 November 2025

The Guardian covered the findings of our final paper in the 'Hospital of the future' series in an exclusive article.


The Telegraph 22 November 2025

Policy Director Joe Hill spoke to The Telegraph for an article about the use of AI in Whitehall, following our paper last year Getting the machine learning.


LBC Cross Question, 19 November 2025

Charlotte Pickles, Re:State's Director, joined Iain Dale for LBC Cross Question. From Trump and Ukraine, to ultraprocessed food and sin taxes, the topics covered were broad. Watch the full episode here.


Politics Home, 13 November 2025

Director, Charlotte Pickles, was quoted in a Politics Home article discussing possible reforms to the 'write-round' process.


The Telegraph, 13 November 2025

Director, Charlotte Pickles wrote for The Telegraph about the upcoming budget.


Politico London Influence, 13 November 2025

Politico London Influence extended congratulations to Joe Hill, Policy Director, for winning Think Tanker of the Year at Smart Thinking's inaugural think tank awards.


Health Service Journal

Health Service Journal, 12 November 2025

Researcher Alice Semark authored an op-ed for the Health Service Journal, setting out how NHS and hospital leaders can tackle poor patient flow – the movement of patients in, through and out of hospitals – to finally break the cycle of gridlock and permacrisis hospitals face.


CityAM, 12 November 2025

Joe Hill, Policy Director, wrote his column in City AM on why procurement reform matters for fixing the economy and public finances.


The Times, 10 November 2025

The Times covered the launch of Procure and simple, Re:State's paper on public procurement, focussing on the paper's calls for a reassessment of the use of social value. Joe Hill, Re:State's Policy Director and the report's lead author, was quoted in the piece.


Health Service Journal

Health Service Journal, 3 November 2025

Re:State's third and final 'Hospital of the Future' report, Ending the Patient Gridlock, was endorsed in Steve Black's weekly Health Service Journal column, 'The mythbuster'.


BBC Radio 4 PM programme, 29 October 2025

Rosie Beacon, Re:State's Head of Health, joined Evan Davis on BBC Radio 4's PM programme to discuss Re:State's recommendation to introduce a new generalist specialism, the hospitalist, from the new 'Hospital of the future' report, Ending the patient gridlock. Listen here.