# UK Test, Learn and Grow Program A flagship UK [[Public Sector Reform in the UK|government reform]] program launched in 2024-2025 aimed at transforming public service delivery through place-based experimentation, collaborative policymaking, and iterative learning. The program represents a deliberate shift away from "Whitehall knows best" top-down policy design toward a model that emphasizes local discretion, cross-governmental collaboration, user-centered design, and real-time adaptation. **Status:** Active (launched 2024, three-year program) **Budget:** £100 million **Lead:** Cabinet Office, Director of Public Service Reform [[Nick Kimber]] **Delivery Partnership:** [[Public Digital]] (prime contractor), Government Outcomes Lab ([[Blavatnik School of Government]], Oxford University), [[New Local]] --- ## Entries [[2026-02-14]]: Interesting parallel: France's [[La 27e Région]] has been running "[Territoires en Résidence](https://www.la27eregion.fr/en/residence/)" since 2009. Multidisciplinary teams embed in public facilities (schools, community centers, town halls) for three one-week "residencies" to observe users, prototype solutions, and redesign services from the ground up. They've deployed this artist-in-residence-inspired approach across 16+ facilities nationwide as an alternative to expensive consultants, proving that immersive, user-centered experimentation can genuinely transform public policy implementation.