I was interested in @jydenham.bsky.social 's contribution to @steverichards.bsky.social podcast, on the topic of better scrutiny for devolved government.
Are these ideas written down anywhere? Scrutiny seems to be the missing link, but presents big opportunities if done well. (cf #TotalPlace)
Are these ideas written down anywhere? Scrutiny seems to be the missing link, but presents big opportunities if done well. (cf #TotalPlace)
July 5, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I was interested in @jydenham.bsky.social 's contribution to @steverichards.bsky.social podcast, on the topic of better scrutiny for devolved government.
Are these ideas written down anywhere? Scrutiny seems to be the missing link, but presents big opportunities if done well. (cf #TotalPlace)
Are these ideas written down anywhere? Scrutiny seems to be the missing link, but presents big opportunities if done well. (cf #TotalPlace)
It's great to see Total Place re-emerging, it was such a promising initiative (sadly culled by the coalition.)
Better outcomes at lower cost (or even better outcomes for the same cost) - what's not to like?
@johndenham.bsky.social
#TotalPlace
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2026/03/17/w...
Better outcomes at lower cost (or even better outcomes for the same cost) - what's not to like?
@johndenham.bsky.social
#TotalPlace
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2026/03/17/w...
Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services - Future Governance Forum
Towards the end of the last Labour government, a programme called ‘Total Place’ offered a radical new way to reform public services that would deliver better outcomes for the same public spending. Wit...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
July 2, 2026 at 7:14 AM
It's great to see Total Place re-emerging, it was such a promising initiative (sadly culled by the coalition.)
Better outcomes at lower cost (or even better outcomes for the same cost) - what's not to like?
@johndenham.bsky.social
#TotalPlace
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2026/03/17/w...
Better outcomes at lower cost (or even better outcomes for the same cost) - what's not to like?
@johndenham.bsky.social
#TotalPlace
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2026/03/17/w...
Great to hear Alistair recalling #totalplace !
(But neither he nor Rory quite understand why devolution overcomes silos. Even now.)
(But neither he nor Rory quite understand why devolution overcomes silos. Even now.)
June 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Great to hear Alistair recalling #totalplace !
(But neither he nor Rory quite understand why devolution overcomes silos. Even now.)
(But neither he nor Rory quite understand why devolution overcomes silos. Even now.)
Ahead of our #TotalPlaceNow event next week, read our chief executive Anna Randle's take on why the new place-based pilots are just the beginning of place-based innovation
🔗 www.themj.co.uk/total-financ...
#LocalGov #CommunityPower #PublicPolicy #TotalPlace
🔗 www.themj.co.uk/total-financ...
#LocalGov #CommunityPower #PublicPolicy #TotalPlace
Total Place and financial flexibility is back on the agenda
Integrated budgets are important, but they are not the endgame. That's the message I've heard loud and clear in the conversations I've had with local leaders as...
www.themj.co.uk
March 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Ahead of our #TotalPlaceNow event next week, read our chief executive Anna Randle's take on why the new place-based pilots are just the beginning of place-based innovation
🔗 www.themj.co.uk/total-financ...
#LocalGov #CommunityPower #PublicPolicy #TotalPlace
🔗 www.themj.co.uk/total-financ...
#LocalGov #CommunityPower #PublicPolicy #TotalPlace
Folks at #ukgc26 talking about #TotalPlace might find this useful from CLES: the national organisation for local economics #CommunityWealthBuilding
cles.org.uk/blog/anchor-...
cles.org.uk/blog/anchor-...
Anchor networks – the delivery engine of Total Place 2.0? | CLES
cles.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Folks at #ukgc26 talking about #TotalPlace might find this useful from CLES: the national organisation for local economics #CommunityWealthBuilding
cles.org.uk/blog/anchor-...
cles.org.uk/blog/anchor-...
Place-based budgets.
This would ease a wide range of problems, both for citizens and government.
#TotalPlace
This would ease a wide range of problems, both for citizens and government.
#TotalPlace
Let’s make better use of the money we spend on public services:
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Place-based budgets.
This would ease a wide range of problems, both for citizens and government.
#TotalPlace
This would ease a wide range of problems, both for citizens and government.
#TotalPlace
🎧In the latest #RadicalReformers, @andrewlaird.bsky.social talks to Helen Bailey, Chief Exec at Sutton Council who brings experience of senior roles in central AND local gov. mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical... #GettingStuffDone #TotalPlace
October 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🎧In the latest #RadicalReformers, @andrewlaird.bsky.social talks to Helen Bailey, Chief Exec at Sutton Council who brings experience of senior roles in central AND local gov. mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical... #GettingStuffDone #TotalPlace
. @andrewlaird.bsky.social talks to Helen Bailey, Chief Exec, Sutton Council. Her experience of central AND local gov and views on the ‘bridge’ between central policy making & local delivery are invaluable #RadicalReformers www.mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical... #GetStuffDone #TotalPlace
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
. @andrewlaird.bsky.social talks to Helen Bailey, Chief Exec, Sutton Council. Her experience of central AND local gov and views on the ‘bridge’ between central policy making & local delivery are invaluable #RadicalReformers www.mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical... #GetStuffDone #TotalPlace
"The case for #TotalPlace 2.0" www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... via @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #StrongerThings.
The case for Total Place 2.0 | Institute for Government
What can the government learn from Total Place?
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The case for #TotalPlace 2.0" www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... via @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #StrongerThings.
Some thoughts on the 10 year Infrastructure Strategy being developed alongside the CSR.
Includes the role MCAs could play to develop pipelines of social and public service infrastructure investments, and maybe even hold #totalplace style capital budgets.
www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-...
Includes the role MCAs could play to develop pipelines of social and public service infrastructure investments, and maybe even hold #totalplace style capital budgets.
www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-...
Steve Skelton on LinkedIn: 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy Working Paper
An important HMT working paper here, setting out thinking on how the 10 year Infrastructure Strategy, which is due out alongside the CSR in June, might…
www.linkedin.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Some thoughts on the 10 year Infrastructure Strategy being developed alongside the CSR.
Includes the role MCAs could play to develop pipelines of social and public service infrastructure investments, and maybe even hold #totalplace style capital budgets.
www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-...
Includes the role MCAs could play to develop pipelines of social and public service infrastructure investments, and maybe even hold #totalplace style capital budgets.
www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-...
'Total Place' - a bold, creative idea that offers an opportunity to reimagine public services. @nicksinclair.bsky.social and Donna Hall argue for key shifts in the delivery and philosophy of public services loom.ly/oXfBS7o #TotalPlace #PublicServices
January 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Total Place' - a bold, creative idea that offers an opportunity to reimagine public services. @nicksinclair.bsky.social and Donna Hall argue for key shifts in the delivery and philosophy of public services loom.ly/oXfBS7o #TotalPlace #PublicServices
This mission of model of saving the NHS should be #totalplace on steroids, and the English Devo Bill really needs to do something to shift the dial here.
November 9, 2024 at 12:37 PM
This mission of model of saving the NHS should be #totalplace on steroids, and the English Devo Bill really needs to do something to shift the dial here.
More than a few comments and articles of late in public policy circles sounding like #TotalPlace from the late 2000s/2010. archive.org/details/1003...
December 11, 2023 at 2:29 PM
More than a few comments and articles of late in public policy circles sounding like #TotalPlace from the late 2000s/2010. archive.org/details/1003...