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Jul 31, 20192 min read

Case study: Slough Children’s Trust

Client: Slough Borough Council and Slough Children’s Trust Date: April 2019 – July 2019 Challenges faced by the client: Slough Children’s...

Only devolution can protect public services from years of Brexit disruption

Andrew Laird

Jul 28, 20193 min read

Only devolution can protect public services from years of Brexit disruption

The new Prime Minister made his first policy speech in Manchester on the 27th July and the major theme was supporting the further...

Achieving balance across the Adult Social Care system

Mark Bandalli

Jul 17, 20193 min read

Achieving balance across the Adult Social Care system

In his article titled ‘Striking the right balance’, MV’s Emmet Regan emphasises the need for local authorities to reframe complex...

Emmet Regan

Jun 3, 20193 min read

Striking the right balance

Emmet Regan explores how leaders must take a balanced approach to solve complex public service problems and improve outcomes. A version...

Are we looking at 10 years of disruption for local services?

Andrew Laird

May 14, 20193 min read

Are we looking at 10 years of disruption for local services?

MV’s Andrew Laird argues that central government needs to prioritise restarting the drive for devolution to protect local services from...

Central Government funding to help Councils and the NHS explore new delivery models

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May 3, 20192 min read

Central Government funding to help Councils and the NHS explore new delivery models

There is an upcoming opportunity for public service leaders to apply for central government funding to pay for professional support to...

Back to the future? The challenge of modern contracting and commissioning.

Emmet Regan

Feb 20, 20193 min read

Back to the future? The challenge of modern contracting and commissioning.

Emmet Regan argues that the rise of complexity in our lives and in our public services has made traditional approaches to outsourcing...

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Jan 1, 20192 min read

Case study: Reading Children's Trust

Client: Reading Borough Council Date: October 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client:Reading Borough Council received an...

Case study: Cornwall Council children's service integration

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Jan 1, 20193 min read

Case study: Cornwall Council children's service integration

Client: Cornwall Council Date: November 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client: In 2017 Cornwall Council had a ‘Good’ rated...

End of austerity? Not yet for public services

Andrew Laird

Oct 31, 20183 min read

End of austerity? Not yet for public services

MV’s Andrew Laird argues that we must bring public services closer together to keep future demand under control. This week, the...

Case study: Devon County Council and DYS Space

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Jul 1, 20183 min read

Case study: Devon County Council and DYS Space

Date: September 2014 – June 2018 Challenges faced by the client: While part of Devon County Council, the youth service budget reduced...

More Government funding available to support new delivery models

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Jun 10, 20181 min read

More Government funding available to support new delivery models

Tracey Crouch – Minister for Sport and Civil Society has announced a further £1 million in funding for the Mutuals Support Programme...

Are you brave enough to cede control of services?

Emmet Regan

Mar 19, 20183 min read

Are you brave enough to cede control of services?

Emmet Regan argues that public service bodies need to cede individual organisational control in order to ensure greater collective...

The Carillion aftermath…Don’t jump to conclusions

Andrew Laird

Feb 7, 20183 min read

The Carillion aftermath…Don’t jump to conclusions

In the wake of the collapse of public service outsourcer Carillion, some are aggressively calling for an end to all independent delivery...

Andrew Laird

Nov 8, 20174 min read

The battle for public service markets

Writing for HuffPost, Mutual Ventures Director Andrew Laird describes the public service market “battle ground” and makes the case for...

Public Services face the greatest uncertainty yet – but the show must go on

Andrew Laird

Nov 1, 20174 min read

Public Services face the greatest uncertainty yet – but the show must go on

Writing for Public Sector Focus, MV Director Andrew Laird explores the impact central government instability has on services and what can...

Integrating Whitehall: the case for a Department for Public Sector Reform

Emmet Regan

Oct 24, 20173 min read

Integrating Whitehall: the case for a Department for Public Sector Reform

To achieve the goal of a coordinated approach to complex public service issues, integration must happen in Whitehall argues MV’s Emmet...

Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit

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Oct 19, 20171 min read

Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit

Mutual Ventures has developed a toolkit to support library service managers, council commissioners and other stakeholders to consider a...

The fix? Improving public services through design thinking

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Sep 26, 20173 min read

The fix? Improving public services through design thinking

Sneh Jani argues that public service providers need to embrace ‘design thinking’ to improve experiences, outcomes and make services more...

We need devolution deals – and we need them now

Andrew Laird

Jul 12, 20173 min read

We need devolution deals – and we need them now

Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird makes the case for more devolution against the backdrop of central government uncertainty…...

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