Cook for Good shows how food can transform communities, building confidence, connection and dignity through shared meals, skills programmes and volunteering. Backed by major housing associations, Cook for Change is scaling this impact across London. With proven outcomes and a sustainable model, it’s a blueprint for community engagement that works. The G15 now has a clear opportunity to join and strengthen this movement.

Public service reform demands whole-system thinking, not siloed fixes. Local government, NHS, charities, and housing providers overlap, yet reforms often ignore these interdependencies. True transformation requires shared outcomes, integrated governance, data-driven collaboration, and cultural change while maintaining frontline delivery mid-flight. Are leaders ready to embrace complexity and design connected systems for better communities?

Furniture poverty is not a term that immediately springs to mind when one considers the crises facing the UK today. It lacks the urgency...