Improving the lives of local people through place-based approaches

With devolution and local reorganisation underway, and integrated settlements and place-based budgets playing a role in government plans, an opportunity is emerging to shift the relationship between central government and places across England. This report argues that the system must shift to think and act in a place-based, people-focused and collaborative way and that local leaders and public servants must be empowered to do what is right for their communities.