In this article, Matt Carter and Andrew Laird argue that neighbourhood health requires mature place partnerships and community-based leadership – not NHS provider or local authority dominance. The context: ICBs in flux… From April 2026, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) will increasingly operate as strategic commissioners rather than operational managers of change and transformation. Their primary role will be to set direction, allocate resources and hold systems to account for o

In this article, Prof. Donna Hall and Andrew Laird argue that the principles of Radical Place Leadership need to flow all the way from the council corporate centre to the heart of communities. Many organisations and systems are currently considering a fresh approach to the leadership of their localities. Councils see that traditional models of public service delivery (new public management) have failed. They simply don’t work for real people, families, communities and are def

In our end‑of‑programme webinar series, we took a deep dive into the most pressing family justice and children’s social care topics, sharing learning from across the programme and the wider children’s services sector, and explored what this means for professional practice, system working, and the future of the sector. Through the series we brought together practitioners, analysts, and system leaders to explore real‑world learning, share local experiences, and examine approach