Independent · Evidence-led · Non-partisan policy institute

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.

The due-diligence gap

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.

The capture gap

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.

What we publish

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.

The Method, in publicEvery claim graded A-D · stress-tested from three political perspectives · the method itself versioned and open to challenge
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Four gateway tests
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Diagnose
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Generate options
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Specify design
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Implementation-ready
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Adversarial review
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Public deliberation
Under consideration

Nominations

Candidate problems proposed for the Register - open to support and challenge. Latest: AI: pain vs gain.

Open to challenge

Dispute a ranking. Contribute evidence. Join a review.

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.

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