How in your mind would that be different to nationally set income tax? Locally set rates?

Night club owner or kids TV host with mild substance problems.

Also, in my limited experience, teams who deliver digital services early and often are much less likely to get carved up and shunted onto management's next priority.

Another good reason to get software shipped quickly, you never know when your team will get disbanded or put onto something new. I wish this wasn't the case (fund teams, not services and all that), but teams assuming we have more time then we will, is a big contributor to gov not delivering more.

Fascinating history. Thanks for sharing. I was listening to an economics podcast about why the UK struggles to create large businesses these days. Said we don't produce great managers of large orgs. Same for football as it happens.

Yeah, it’s that feeling that fuelled the idea.

I need to pitch a stamp to Royal Mail

I wish I could post a big batch of birthday cards in January and they arrive on the right days throughout the year. Would mean much less rushing and forgetting.

Same for council tax collection. Nuts there is 300+ separate public services doing the exact same thing.