The briefing material of new, or perhaps re-shuffled ministers, will include reports relating to total place which were published in the run up to the election. Taken together they form a blue print of where public services are going, but there is no vision of what the long term future will look like, because no one knows. The driver of change is the budget deficit so there is no question that it will not happen. Whoever takes on the role of Prime Minister in the next few days will have to demonstrate to the markets and others that he will get a grip of the deficit. This means events are set to move quickly and public service leaders have been preparing for this eventuality.

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Widespread adoption of the total place approach presents a new challenge for public service managers. Success will now come to those who people who can work across organisational silos and engage with peers from different professions. To make a successful transition means understanding where they are now and the Chartered Management Institute is offering help.

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This report from Communities and Local Government describes how expenditure of all public bodies in an area was assessed and used as a basis for the work of the Total Place pilot projects. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of spend counting.

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