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Will social value be sidelined or emerge as a vital tool in mitigating inequalities? Given the challenges we face in the UK, now is the time to reclaim the original purpose and intention of social value. [...] Structured around five new directions for social value, it aims to embolden local authorities to use social value to repair the relationship between citizens and the local state and change their places for the better. [...] Changing places: new directions in social value 9 Manchester City Council were one of the first councils in the UK to pursue a progressive approach to procurement, predating the Social Value Act, and the Council have benefitted from a long period of buy-in to develop their approach.3 In recent years the Council has established robust governance mechanisms to ensure the social value agenda moves be. [...] In practice, this means that the implementation and success of the agenda is down to the drive and passion of a small number of individuals. [...] Brought in to address the health inequalities created by the industrial revolution, a key remit of early local authorities was to regulate the market and to address the externalities of industrialisation: overcrowding, poor sanitation and the spread of disease.