Here in Kent, we are a pilot for the Total Place initiative - one of only a handful of the pilots which involves multi-tier local government.The possibilities and opportunities presented by the initiative are immense, not only across local authorities - whether horizontally or vertically - but also across the other public sector, private sector and community and voluntary service providers which also operate locally.Significantly, it also has the potential to draw in both other central government spend, for example, by the Department for Work and Pensions, and quasi-public sector spend, such as direct, by local housing associations and the learning and skills sector.
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