Innovating for a fairer start

By Tom Symons | 12 May 2021

Early years and education is one of Nesta’s three focus areas for the next decade. Tom Symons out...

Helping councils defuse the early years ticking time bomb

By Tom Symons | 16 November 2020

Nesta has launched a new programme of Early Years Innovation Partnership, and is seeking councils...

Using data to respond to COVID-19

By Juan Mateos-Garcia | 08 April 2020

Tom Symons and Juan Mateos-Garcia of Nesta examine how local government can make use of data to s...

Data analysis is no croaking matter

By Tom Symons | 18 January 2017

Data has sprung up the local government agenda in recent years. Tom Symons says it will take more...

Transports of delight

By Gary Mills | 09 November 2011

Councils really need a more radical debate about how far they can go to transform transport servi...