A thing done.
Not said.
From the Greek prágma - a deed, a practical matter. Pragma does the slow due diligence government has no room for, and develops it into policy a government could actually implement - in the interest of the whole public, not a paying few.
Why Pragma exists, and how it works.
Government is consumed by events.
So it reaches for the quick fix - a sticking plaster, or the hard part deferred to a thinly-scrutinised statutory instrument. The slow, upfront work a complex problem needs is never done.
A policy vacuum never stays empty.
When government can't work a problem out itself, the gap is filled by whoever can afford to fill it. Pragma reaches it first - independent, evidenced, and transparent about every funder.
Not commentary. Plans.
Problem diagnoses, policy outlines, and implementation-ready products - a white paper, a delivery plan, a costing, a risk assessment - to the standard a department could pick up and act on.
13 problems government left unsolved.
Each scored against one public method - a triage instrument, not a measure of truth. Dispute any ranking.
Local government finance
Pension adequacy and later-life saving
Adult social care
Housing supply and the planning system
The NHS: prevention versus treatment
8 more in the Register.
View all 13, with full diagnoses →Nominations
Candidate problems proposed for the Register - open to support and challenge. Latest: AI: pain vs gain.
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Pragma is a public project. Every ranking, every claim, every step of the method is open to scrutiny. If you have evidence that changes the picture, we want to hear it.