In this blog, Yannick Mitchell considers the gap between expectation and reality and outlines three practical steps local authorities can...

Following the appointment of Josh MacAlister MP as the new Children's Minister, Luke Bevir, Catriona Moore, and Elizabeth Roe reflect on...

When it comes to public service reform, large swathes of public services have been experiencing “delivery paralysis”. In this article, Prof Donna Hall and Andrew Laird explore why this is and what can be done about it. This article kicks off an Autumn of content from the Mutual Ventures team focused on supporting a stronger delivery focus in public services. #GettingStuffDone #DoingTheRightStuff!! Where we’ve been – and where we are… Reading the conference programmes for this

Andrew Laird argues that leaders must reject the short-termism of traditional approaches to achieving efficiency savings. Instead, they...

Catch up on our webinar 'Trusting Place' , which discussed the findings of our report to the LGA on place-based working, held on 6th...

T he spending review has given government departments some medium-term budget certainty and with it, the opportunity to launch multi-year...

MV and Re:State publish our report commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) in support of ‘place-based’ approaches to...

Client: Slough Borough Council / Slough Children First Date: May - June 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Slough Children First...

We have published a new guide for councils going through the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) process – the focus is on the...

The National Audit Office’s review of the Home Office’s leadership on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) and domestic abuse...

In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat with Kath O'Dwyer, former Chief Executive of St Helens Council and Chair of S OLACE . ...

Catch up on our webinar Producing your local Get Britain Working Plan, held on 8th May 2025 at 1.30-2.30 PM. Every area - led by...

This long-read article by Andrew Laird and Prof. Donna Hall sets out a new way of considering public money across a “place” and provides...

Client: South Ayrshire Council Date: August 2024 to January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: South Ayrshire’s Radical Place...

In 2025 public services are poised for significant reform, driven by a government eager to address longstanding issues and improve...

Client: Gedling Borough Council Date : June - November 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Following notification that Carlton had been selected as an area for investment in the Long Term Plan for Towns, Gedling Borough Council required support to mobilise a representative Town Board and develop a 10-year Vision and 3-year Investment Plan setting out the ambition for the future of the town. Gedling Council needed to work at pace in a time of uncertainty due to the 2024 Ge

Kate Copeland, our resident Kiwi, argues that public services in the UK can learn from what works in New Zealand – including how leaders...

The Local Government Association has welcomed the Chancellor’s additional £1.3 billion for councils for the next financial year, which...

At Mutual Ventures, we talk about Radical Place Leadership. It can seem quite a nebulous concept. Andrew Laird says that when you boil it...

In this short video explainer, MV's Chief Executive Andrew Laird breaks down the concept of Radical Place Leadership - what is, at its...