In the pages of The MJ a few weeks ago (20 June), Elle Dodd from Collaborate CIC raised the prospect of how the new Government is likely to move towards a more collaborative model of public services – one framed around the five ‘missions' that Government is using to frame its approach.

This approach sits behind Government's plans for a ‘devolution revolution' – both an acceleration of existing plans for rolling out English devolution, and tying those plans more closely to the ‘missions'. The logic is that devolution will be the key mechanism by which those missions will be delivered.