Our response to the call for evidence for the Government's Community Ownership Fund
As part of the budget in March, the Chancellor announced a new £150m Community Ownership Fund to help community groups buy or take over...
John Copps
Mar 31, 20211 min read
David Fairhurst: I’ve learnt that… you need to build bridges between central and local government
David’s reflection: I have learnt that for the machinery of government to work, central government policy developers need to translate...
David Fairhurst
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Can the Levelling Up Fund help reset councils’ relationship with Whitehall?
With relations between central and local government fraught, Emmet Regan asks whether the Levelling Up Fund provides an opportunity to...
Emmet Regan
Dec 16, 20203 min read
The Kruger report on Levelling Up: a step towards consensus between government and civil society
Danny Kruger’s report – Levelling Up our Communities – proposes a re-emphasis on communities in the recovery from COVID-19. John Copps...
John Copps
Sep 26, 20203 min read
A welcome kick start for the “levelling up” agenda
MV’s Andrew Laird says that a new report by Danny Kruger MP provides a welcome kick start for the government’s levelling-up agenda and is...
Andrew Laird
Sep 25, 20203 min read
A national adult care model must be about the mutual bond between local people and places
John Copps argues that adult social care must be about the bond between local people and places. This article was originally published on...
John Copps
Jun 29, 20204 min read
Case study: Department for Digital, Media and Sport – Mutual Support Programme 2
Client: Department for Digital, Media and Sport – Mutual Support Programme 2 (MSP2) Date: Dec 2017 – March 2020 Challenges faced by the...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 31, 20202 min read
In praise of local government
Maligning local government will get us nowhere, even if it is our democratic right to do so. Often maligned and little-understood, they...
John Copps
Feb 7, 20203 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...
Andrew Laird
Jul 28, 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...
Andrew Laird
May 14, 20193 min read
A bow to the inevitable, a dose of common sense & a streak of the radical – the NHS Long Term Plan
NHS ten year plan. Originally due in the autumn, it picks up the torch from the 2014 Five Year Forward View and explains how the NHS will...
John Copps
Jan 11, 20194 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...
Andrew Laird
Oct 31, 20183 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...
Mutual Ventures
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Case study: Department of Education - Sandwell Children's Social Care
Client: Department for Education – Due diligence in support of the development of Sandwell CSC Trust Date: October 2016 – April 2018...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 30, 20183 min read
MV playing a leading role in Government drive for more Public Service Mutuals
Mutual Ventures are delighted to be playing a leading role on two important central government public service reform programmes. DCMS...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 15, 20181 min read
MV wins place on prestigious government framework as part of The BEAM Consortium
MV is delighted to announce that it has that it has won a place on the Crown Commercial Services’ Management Consultancy Framework, as...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 3, 20181 min read
What will 2018 have in store for public services?
If turmoil is the new mode of twenty-first century politics, then 2017 didn’t disappoint. It was tumultuous to say the least and there...
John Copps
Dec 14, 20173 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...
Andrew Laird
Nov 8, 20174 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...
Emmet Regan
Oct 24, 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…...
Andrew Laird
Jul 12, 20173 min read