Your New Best Friend

from Civic Punks · host Derek Alton

What if government were your new best friend? A companion who walked with you and made your life easier and better. Anticipating your needs and pointing you towards supports and opportunities, not to sell you things but to help you with your own goals. Helping launch my new series - Now You Know, an exploration into the debates and ideas shaping the future of government - is the reflection from one of my nerdy gov heroes Sir Geoff Mulgan. In his peice, "Can Government be a Companion?" Geoff explores four examples where government could be a kick-ass companion: 1) Health, 2) Skills and Jobs, 3) Money, 4) Your Local Community. Read the whole article here: https://geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/the-companion-state

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