
Mutual Ventures
Jul 23, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy help address 2024’s challenges in public services?
Catch up on our webinar - Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy help address 2024’s challenges in public services? - which was held...

Mutual Ventures
May 29, 20241 min read
Catch up our webinar: Meeting the productivity challenge through Radical Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar - Meeting the productivity challenge through Radical Place Leadership - which took place on Tuesday 28th May...


Prof Donna Hall
May 22, 20243 min read
Tackling Violence through Integrated Place-Based Teams
Violence Reduction Units are a great example of how central government policy can translate effectively to the local level to proactively...

Mutual Ventures
May 9, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Reflections on the Liberating Public Services Conference
Catch up on our webinar - Reflections on the Liberating Public Services Conference. This webinar was held on Tuesday 7th May 2024. Watch...


Ross Murray
Apr 29, 20243 min read
Liberating Local Government
After more than a decade of austerity and rising demand for services, Ross Murray argues that there is a need for change in the way local...


John Copps
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy be part of the solution to public services’ challenges in 2024?
With murmurs of a post-election return of the previous Labour government’s Total Place policy, John Copps looks at why it is still...

Elizabeth Roe
Apr 9, 20247 min read
Revisiting Total Place: an approach to collaboration in local public servicesÂ
Launched in 2009, the UK Government's Total Place policy is a valuable model of local multi-agency collaboration in an attempt to provide...

Andrew Laird
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.69: Place Leadership with Sam Plum
This episode is with Sam Plum, the inaugural Chief Executive of the new Westmorland and Furness Council. This council was created when...


John Copps
Feb 20, 20245 min read
Investing in prevention: the most difficult issue in public services today?
John Copps asks what we can do to rebalance government investment towards preventing problems rather than crisis management and is...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar on the Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership. This webinar was held on Tuesday 13th...

Luke Bevir
Feb 12, 20243 min read
Violence Reduction Units must grasp their role as ‘place leaders’ and be force for change in addressing serious violence
Luke Bevir argues that Violence Reduction Units are uniquely positioned as ‘place leaders’ to coordinate an effective multi-agency...

Prof Donna Hall
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Radical Place Leadership - how we can change public services for the better
MV Non-Executive Director Director Donna Hall argues that, even with more powers devolved to local areas, we will be overwhelmed with...