Communities, housing and planning

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Glasgow council launches database to help connect local tech players

24 November 2022

Authority unveils system to provide information and forge connections among industry landscape worth an estimated £2.6bn

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DWP’s £93m digital Pensions Dashboards on track to start connecting schemes in April, minister claims

24 November 2022

Regulations were approved by parliament last week and work continues to implement technical...

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Government looks to boost uptake of gov.uk sites among thousands of parish councils

22 November 2022

CDDO to undertake six-month project which hopes to boost national security and democratic...

Why Essex council has broken with digital convention

9 April 2019

Jason Kitcat has got rid of digital strategies and teams and introduced in a single function devoted to service change. Gill Hitchcock finds out more.

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London borough fined £145k for sharing data on 200 suspected gang members

8 April 2019

Newham Council worker sent email with info including names and address

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Leicester City Council seeks market engagement ahead of transformation programme

2 April 2019

Authority looks to overhaul a range of tech platforms

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North Lanarkshire to undertake £12m cloud transformation

27 March 2019

Local authority looks to build ‘digital capabilities’

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Hounslow offers £110k for ICT and digital chief

11 March 2019

London borough seeks new tech leader

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How Leeds is improving care by breaking out of 'NHS-only systems'

8 March 2019

Leeds digital chief Dylan Roberts tells Gill Hitchcock about how the city is joining up records and trying to help 10,000 Loiners get online each year

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DfE releases £300k funding for digital inclusion scheme

22 February 2019

The latest tranche of money invested via the Future Digital Inclusion programme will be administered by charity the Good Things Foundation

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London to trial on-demand buses

21 February 2019

Borough of Sutton to conduct 12-month experiment with flexible routes and app-based booking

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Five ways councils can use data to improve services

19 February 2019

Local authorities could benefit from the use of analytics and AI, according to Andy Barrow of ANS Group

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West Midlands ‘shifts focus’ of digital leadership on back of 5G plans

7 February 2019

Plans for chief digital officer are shelved but authority remains focused on ‘embedding digital capability’ across the organisation

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Essex offers £119k for tech services head

30 January 2019

Role comes with remit to serve as ‘internal change partner’

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Central London boroughs to set joint IT strategy

29 January 2019

Local authorities seek to work with supplier to lay out roadmap

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HM Land Registry seeks £8m digital services partner

25 January 2019

Department seeks supplier to help digitise services

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Wolverhampton seeks £5m 20-year partner for ‘future-proof’ full-fibre network

21 January 2019

City council issues contract notice looking for partner to provide public-sector connectivity

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Could Norfolk be the next Netflix?

17 January 2019

Hackathons are a way for Norfolk to drive digital innovation in adult social care. Gill Hitchcock reports on the council’s achievements and aspirations.

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Local Digital Fund dishes out £1.25m to 16 councils in first investment round

7 January 2019

One sixth of £7.5m available funding pot is allocated after first tranche of applications

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The biggest stories of 2018 – part two

31 December 2018

We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018

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The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019

27 December 2018

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass

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