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The week after an unexpected election result in the UK – but before the terrible news from the Grenfell Tower tragedy – the Centre for Public Impact brought together government thinkers, practitioners and disruptors in London for our Finding Legitimacy project.
The question closed in around how can politicians, civil servants and front line services connect better with the people they serve? Why does legitimacy feel broken?
Government legitimacy can be a messy concept to talk about, and easier to spot when it’s absent than when it’s present. Larry Kamener, who chaired the discussion, framed it as a simple question: when a government does something wrong, do citizens see it as yet another sign of incompetence? Or as a mistake that government will learn from?
For a more detailed summary of the discussions please click here.
