Mutual Ventures is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030. Our Carbon Reduction Plan sets out our priorities and objectives, with a clear set of targets. The plan is underpinned by an organisation-wide committment to sustainability, including in our team charter and accompanying carbon action plan, which describes the actions our business will take. Mutual Ventures' Chief Executive Andrew Laird says: MV is acutely aware of the need to play our part in safeguarding

Tune in to hear guests discuss LGR in the context of children's services. Over the coming weeks, decisions will be made that will have significant impact for local areas up and down the country. Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) creates a once in a lifetime opportunity to rethink how services can be governed, led and delivered to improve outcomes and focus on prevention. As councils and council services are aggregated and disaggregated, leaders must decide what is the bes

Before "Manchesterism" became a national talking point, leaders like Professor Donna Hall were helping to put many of its core ideas into practice. Many of the ideas now associated with Greater Manchester's reform story; local leadership, collaboration across organisations, community empowerment and a belief that places can shape their own futures, were being demonstrated through work such as the Wigan Deal years ago. This week, we're revisiting an episode from the archives.