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Burnett, M. and Priestley, M. (2022). Rocket Science: How Can the UK Become a Science Super-Power? Onward. 

Burnett, M. (2022). Incentivising Innovation: Why R&D Tax Credits Matter — and How to Improve Them. Onward. 

Chang, A. (2024). Project Zero: A DePIN Approach to Clean Energy. Fuse Energy. 

Chang, A. (2025). Founder Playbook: From Fin-tech to Climate-tech. Riding Unicorns Podcast. 

Cowen, T. (2011). The Great Stagnation. Dutton Books. 

Cowen, T. and Gross, D. (2022). Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World. St. Martin’s Press.

Dow, P. (2021). Building a New Curriculum to Upskill Civil Servants. Government Transformation Magazine. 

Dow, P. (2024). HR Britain: How Human Resources Captured the Nation. New Statesman.

Dumitriu, S. (2024). Labour’s Target of Net Zero by 2030 Is Impossible without Planning Reform. New Statesman. 

Dumitriu, S., Hopkinson, B., Boys Smith, N., Milner, D., Payiatis, G., & Leahy, E. (2024). How to Build New Trams in the UK and Get Britain Moving. Britain Remade & Create Streets.

Gilligan, A. (2022). HS2: The Kindest Cut of All. Policy Exchange.

Gilligan, A. (2022). Ignore False Claims — Most LTNs Do Reduce Traffic. The Guardian. 

Gillow, H. (2020). Local Authorities, Economic Activity and the Special Legal Regime. Tax Journal. 

Gillow, H. (2024). The Safety of Rwanda Bill Is Lawful: A Briefing for Peers. Society of Conservative Lawyers. 

Griffin, C. (2022). Bulletproof Vests & Hula Shirts: Aid Convoys to Ukraine. The Trusty Servant. 

Griffin, C. (2022). OWs in Ukraine: Front-Line Humanitarian Logistics. Winchester College Society News. 

Greenway, A. and Loosemore, T. (2024). The Radical How: Reforms for a Mission-Driven Government. Public Digital Press. 

Greenway, A., Terrett, B., Bracken, M. and Loosemore, T. (2018). Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery. Public Digital Press. 

Gove, M. (2025). Get Real: The Harsh Lessons of Our New World Disorder. The Spectator.

HM Government (2022). Levelling Up the United Kingdom: White Paper. DLUHC. 

Hill, J. (2023). Government Needs a Ruthless Focus on Delivery. Civil Service World. 

Hill, J. (2025). Everythingism: An Essay on Complex Causality. Re:State. 

Kuht, J. (2020). Leadership: Lessons from a Year in the JHub. The Army Leader. 

Kuht, J. (2020). Ideation: Tips from a Year in the JHub. The Army Leader. 

Latif-Aramesh, M. (2025). BNG, Road DCOs and the Ports NPS. TLT Infrastructure Blog. 

McCullough, F. (2024). Irish Electricity Is the Dearest in Europe: Here’s One Reason Why. Progress Ireland. 

McCullough, F. (2025). From Tokyo to Dublin: The Land Readjustment Playbook Ireland Needs. Progress Ireland. 

McTague, T. and Ross, T. (2017). Betting the House: The Inside Story of the 2017 Election. Biteback Publishing. 

McTague, T. (2025). Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945–2016. Picador. 

Myers, J., Southwood, B. and Bowman, S. (2021). The Housing Theory of Everything. Works in Progress. 

Newport, L. (2023). Dangerous Precedents: Why Are So Many Children Dying to Dogs in the UK? Substack. 

Newport, L. (2024). In Pursuit of Progress: How Planning Laws Accidentally Banned Green Energy. Substack.

Peters, C. (2025). How the Grooming Gangs Scandal Was Covered Up. The Telegraph. 

Prager, J-A. and Ede, R. (2024). Just About Managing: Effective Leadership in the NHS. Policy Exchange. 

Prager, J-A., Ede, R. and Phillips, J. (2025). For Whose Benefit? Reforming Health and Disability Benefits. Policy Exchange. 

Shinner, T. (2024). Power with Purpose: Final Report of the Commission on the Centre of Government. Institute for Government. 

Southwood, B., Hughes, S. and Bowman, S. (2024). UK Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. UK Foundations. 

Street, A. (2019). West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy. WMCA. 

Street, A. (2022). West Midlands Plan for Growth. WMCA. 

Teslo, R. (2024). Pro-Progress Will Win When It Wins Women. Substack. 

Teslo, R. (2025). Thoughts Towards the End of a PhD: On What Doing Science Feels Like. Substack. 

Vedral, B. (2021). The Vulnerability of the Financial System to a Systemic Cyberattack. Proc. 13th International Conference on Cyber Conflict. 

Vedral, B. (2023). Alternative Markets Update — Macro and Political Outlook 2023. MacroEagle / Stone Mountain Capital. 

Warner, M. (2024). Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State. Faculty AI. 

Warner, M. (2024). Faculty at 10: Why It’s Time to Act to Embrace AI’s Change of Tense. Faculty AI. 

Webb, S. (2025). Smaller, Better, Higher Paid? How to Deliver Civil Service Savings. Policy Exchange.

Webb, S., Mansfield, I. and Richards, P. (2024). Getting a Grip on the System: Restoring Ministerial Authority over the Machine. Policy Exchange. 

Whitton, R. (2022). The Riddle of British Steel. Doctor Syn Substack. 

Whitton, R. (2024). Vassal State. Doctor Syn Substack. 

Wise, J. (2024). Start-Up Century: Why We’re All Becoming Entrepreneurs — and How to Make It Work for Everyone. Bloomsbury Business. 

Wise, J. (2024). Why London Shouldn’t Chase Silicon Valley in the Global Tech Race. City A.M. 

Wolf, R. (2022). We Must Learn from the New Schools Network. Conservative Home. Wolf, R. (2023). The Success of Free Schools: Legacy Report. New Schools Network / Public First.