Tag: Place-Based Public Service Reform

Right now, everyone is talking about neighbourhoods. From the ambition for a neighbourhood health service in the NHS 10 year plan, to Pride in Place, this new spirit of intent […]

As I step into the role of New Local Interim Chief Executive, and as we begin 2026, I find myself reflecting on how far the shared work of building a […]

As we close off our formal member sessions for 2025, our Head of Network, Laura Payne, reflects on a year of learning through change and complexity. 2025 has asked a […]

In a guest post for New Local, co-founder of Stories of Change, John Hitchin, shares his thoughts on the future of place-based work. Local government is all about work in […]

New Local is working with Local Trust to draw on the learning from Big Local and other research to explore how to support the establishment and long-term sustainability of community-run […]

‘If you were going to design English local government from scratch, you wouldn’t have come up with this.’ Versions of this observation will be familiar to many in and around […]

It’s been a year since Labour came into power, bringing with them a commitment to a different way of ‘doing’ government centred around five missions for national renewal.  One year […]

Responding to Government announcements today, Place-Based Public Service Budgets report co-authors, New Local Chief Executive Jessica Studdert and Professorial Research Fellow at Southampton University John Denham, said: “We are pleased to see […]

New Local is working in partnership with Inner Circle Consulting on a practical research project on mission-led local government. Local governments (councils and combined authorities) are pioneering new forms of […]