It's been great to be at the #TotalPlaceNow conference today where we’re discussing why if we want to make people happier, healthier and better off, we need to put local voices at the heart of the conversation around public service design and delivery.

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FGF’s Hamida Ali is currently chairing a panel at #TotalPlaceNow conference on why place-based budgets can be drivers of public service reform.

Central government is ready to engage with this agenda – now we’re hearing from experts across local and national government about how to make this happen.

'Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services' - LabourList Total Place is based on the simple idea that all the money spent in an area on health, schools, social services, benefits, police and other services can be seen as a single pool of public service spen...

NEW - In @labourlist.bsky.social, John Denham explains ‘Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services’, ahead of today’s #TotalPlaceNow conference.

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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...

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
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