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Title page 1

Contents 3

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4

ABOUT THIS REPORT 5

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6

SECTION 1. MISSION-LED GOVERNMENT: A SIX-MONTH REVIEW 9

SECTION 2. THE POLICY CONTEXT OF MISSIONS 11

SECTION 3. MISSIONS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME 14

SECTION 4. THE BARRIERS TO MOBILISATION 31

CONCLUSION 45

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 47

Tables 19

TABLE 1. COMPARISON OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC MISSIONS 19

TABLE 2. EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT ACTORS' POTENTIAL ROLES IN HELPING TO ACHIEVE THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERARCHING MISSIONS 23

TABLE 3. THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERARCHING MISSION AREAS, SPECIFIC MISSIONS AND 'MISSION MILESTONES' 26

TABLE 4. A FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING SOCIOECONOMIC MISSIONS 45

Figures 20

FIGURE 1. OBESITY SYSTEM MAP 20

FIGURE 2. TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARDS 35

FIGURE 3. PROPORTION OF UK SHARES HELD BY OVERSEAS INVESTORS BY MARKET VALUE, 1963 TO 2022 38

FIGURE 4. PARTICIPATION IN FORMAL VOLUNTEERING, 2013/14 TO 2023/24 43

FIGURE 5. WEEKLY WORKING HOURS FOR FULL-TIME WORKERS, 1856 TO 2023, UK 44

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The new Labour government has put the concept of ‘missions’ at the heart of its programme for government. While we are excited by the missions agenda and its potential to address deficiencies in policy and achieve national goals, this paper argues that the current approach to mission-driven government falls short.

The government’s current strategy relies heavily on a ‘technological’ approach despite the missions themselves being ‘socioeconomic’ in nature – the kind which typically demand partnerships between many different actors across different sectors and institutions. Our analysis shows that the government cannot simply set a socioeconomic mission and expect everyone to mobilise around it; there are structural and institutional reasons why progress is held back.

This provocation paper explains why the UK government’s missions must be accompanied by what we call ‘enabling reforms’ which can unlock the mobilisation needed to achieve them, and sets out a framework for effective delivery.

This is the first report in a project, supported by Serco and NCVO, that is looking at what it would mean for the country to be ‘mission-ready’.