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Policy Lab mission is to radically improve policy making through design, innovation and people-centred approaches.

Prototyping an online crime reporting service: a Policy Lab success story

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Last week the Home Secretary announced that Surrey and Sussex would trial a prototype online crime reporting service which could save around £3.7 million if it is offered nationally on police.uk. This was one of the ideas developed as part …

Open policy making in action: Empowering divorcing couples and separating families to create sustainable solutions

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A sandwich board is set up on the floor with a paper sign on it saying 'hello' and pointing people into the workshop room.

Set up in April 2014, Policy Lab brings new tools and techniques, new insights and practical experimentation to policy-making. This second demonstrator project has over the past two months resulted in learning about how policy professionals can work in a …

Policy Lab brings policy folk together to explore potential professional accreditation

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Chartered surveyors have their chartership, lawyers and engineers have their skills widely recognised. What if there was equivalent professional recognition for policy officials? It’s an interesting question – read on to find out the results of a ‘Lab Light’ workshop …