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Rachel Carter

Senior policy manager

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Rachel Carter

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Strategy

Benedicta Moxon Cate Urbano Ibrahim Butt Joe Owen Karlis Kanders Laurie Smith Matt Seden Nadeen Haidar Rachel Parker Saskia Greenhalgh Tim Leunig Toby Roper Tony Curzon Price

Rachel is senior policy manager at Nesta.

Rachel works in the central policy team, set up to support the development and adoption of new, high-impact policies that will unlock progress in Nesta’s missions. Rachel leads on some of Nesta's wider policy work - such as Nesta and BIT's annual conference Policy Live and UK 2040 Options - and has collaborated with the fairer start and healthy life mission teams. She has a background working in central Government and in law.

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Lessons on governance from Singapore

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Policy Live: what would it take to reach a brighter future?

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Health and social care: the ideas

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Navigating policy complexity: a Delphi method approach

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Here's why it's impossible to save the NHS unless we invest in prevention right now

Blog
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How local authorities are using data to solve problems like homelessness

Project Update
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Power and place: the choices

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Wealth and income inequality: the choices

Report
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Wealth and income inequality: the fundamentals

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