Client: Department for Education (DfE) Date: June – December 2025 Challenges faced by the client: The DfE was looking to introduce a statutory duty for local authorities to offer Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) to families at the pre-proceedings stage, via the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. FGDM also forms an important part of the 'family networks' pillar of the Families First Pathfinder (FFP) reforms. To this end, the DfE had a requirement for a delivery partner

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In this episode of Radical Reformers, I speak to Tracey Lee, Chief Executive of Plymouth City Council, about one of the most significant place-based opportunities in the UK. Plymouth is a city with defence, engineering and the Royal Navy in its DNA. With a 70-year investment in the city and thousands of new jobs linked to Babcock and the Ministry of Defence, Plymouth has a once-in-a-generation chance to reshape its economy and future. Plymouth is also a city of stark inequali