I f we want to get serious about transformative place-based public services, we need to treat England's chronic case of ‘pilotitis'. Our policy system has developed...

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In this article, Prof. Donna Hall and Andrew Laird recognise the challenge now faced by public service leaders and set out a positive set of “shifts” to re-establish trust and partnership with citizen...

In this week’s episode Radical Reformers, I welcome back a duo we’ve had on the podcast before - Scott Darraugh from Social adVentures and Sophie Clarke from We Are Juno.It’s a rich conversation that ...

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In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat with Kath O'Dwyer, former Chief Executive of St Helens Council and Chair of SOLACE.  During her tenure at St Helens, Kath led the council through signi...

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 Combined Authorities (where they exist) or groups of local authorities (...

In this article, Prof. Donna Hall and Andrew Laird recognise the challenge now faced by public service leaders and set out a positive set of “shifts” to re-establish trust and partnership with citizen...

In this latest episode of Radical Reformers, I'm joined by Caroline Simpson, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Transport for Greater Manchester and the Greater Mancheste...

Explore work and health data across regions in England with MV's interactive tool.The government has published a series of outcome metrics to monitor its plan to Get Britain Working. MV has created an...

In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat to Graeme Duncan, Chief Executive of Right to Succeed, a charity that supports communities in areas of high deprivation to work collectively and give c...

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 indicative examples of the cashable savings that could be made ...

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 indicative examples of the cashable savings that could be made ...

Hard Imagination invites Venture Capitalists to see a world beyond an extractive mindset, to create pathways for capital allocation that are not self-terminating Limited run of 23 bound copies or dow...

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This episode is with Mark Simms, the Chief Executive of the P3 Group. He describes P3 as an organisation that supports people who are having a "tough time" and he doesn't like putting labels on people...

This week, I'm joined by Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council. Kate is a former Senior Civil Servant in Whitehall who has transitioned to local government in a City just around the ...