Programme Director @instituteforgov working on policymaking. Former New Zealand public servant. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3mknlnpvzac2dEnjoyed chairing this in conversation event with @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social on the govt’s leasehold reform plans. There’s clear ambition, but also some thorny questions to work through if reform is to succeed in practice. Check out the recording here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCFyqpuPPI&ra=m [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknlnpvzac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3mkah5qfq5s2gLooking forward to being in conversation with Matthew Pennycook next Wednesday. Join in person or online! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkah5qfq5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3mjwhu7j34s2oReally welcome to see the Chief Secretary to the Tsy framing productivity through the lens of cohorts - how to use the same money to improve outcomes for specific groups? This is a qu we’re exploring in policymaking for left-behind groups: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/our-work/topics/policy-making/series-policy-making-left-behind-groups [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwhu7j34s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3m62ekoe3ws2nReally excited to share this new report today by me & @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social on the opportunity gap facing boys from low-income families at age 5 and beyond. Key findings 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62ekoe3ws2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3m22d7gh3wc2tFantastic event on the Best Start in Life strategy with @speechandlanguk.bsky.social, Dingley’s Promise, @sarahronan.bsky.social and more. Lots of practical recommendations for building a more inclusive early years system.30 Sep 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22d7gh3wc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3ltw3xgraic2fThe early years were missing from last month’s SR, but Labour’s Best Start in Life strategy shows they are still committed. Read @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social and my and my take on what it gets right - and what it’ll take to make it a reality. https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labour-best-start-life-strategy14 Jul 2025 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltw3xgraic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lrdokqzfxc23Great thread from @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social on what the SR means for the early years and ambition to give children the “best start in life” 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdokqzfxc23https://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lq5d5cxrwk2qThanks to all the early years experts who’ve shared insights on the govt’s opportunity mission. Next up: boys eligible for free school meals – one of the most persistently left-behind groups. More here: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/early-years-health-development-experts-practitioners27 May 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5d5cxrwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lp4ilmauqk2aGreat blog by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social on the “trilemma” govt faces in adult social care: welcome overseas workers (ruled out this week), boost council funding (unlikely) or accept further decline in access and performance. 👇 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/adult-social-care-migration-plan14 May 2025 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4ilmauqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lol3ugqzuk27School absence has exploded, but it is preventable. Moira Wallace, first Director of Blair’s Social Exclusion Unit, tells the story of how they brought down record absence in the late 1990s & 2000s and sets out clear lessons for this govt. See 👇 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/reducing-school-absence07 May 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lol3ugqzuk27https://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lnl6kkxo3s2fLatest from me on the govt’s ambition to ensure all children are ‘school ready’ 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnl6kkxo3s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3ll7rnq2wps2m 📣Calling all early years experts and practitioners! Our NEW report reveals which groups of children are most at risk of not being ‘school ready’ - based on the most comprehensive analysis of publicly available data to date. https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/policy-making-left-behind-groups-school-readiness25 Mar 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7rnq2wps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3ll4lhga36c2iNew paper from @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social & I exploring who is at greatest risk of not being ‘school ready’ and what this means for the govts Opportunity Mission. Report 👇 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/policy-making-left-behind-groups-school-readiness and write up in the @theipaper.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4lhga36c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nehaldavison.bsky.social/post/3lheb7thnps2rCalling all UK policy professionals (past and present) who have had to provide rapid advice to ministers under pressure. Fill in our survey 👇 to help us develop new tools that support policymakers to deliver rapid yet robust advice and give policies the best chance of success! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:foh23iunh5c7omacntdixqwv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheb7thnps2r