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Will local government transformation be set back by coronavirus?

15 January 2021

Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important. 

Government’s ‘litany of failures’ leaves citizens facing many years of slow broadband
11 January 2021

Public Accounts Committee points to need for more funding and legislative changes

Cheshire signs long-term Microsoft cloud partner in £35m deal
6 January 2021

Local authorities ink six-year contract

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Sturgeon apologises after outcry over exam results downgraded by ‘deprivation algorithm’

11 August 2020

First minister acknowledges misstep and vows to ‘put it right’

Government defends Test and Trace as councils look to own measures

6 August 2020

Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme

Government extends local fibre scheme after ‘a number of delays’

4 August 2020

Fifteen local projects given until the end of 2021 to conclude rollout

How Bradford Council has worked to keep tourism alive with virtual visits

31 July 2020

Ahead of Yorkshire Day tomorrow – and as the city re-enters localised restrictions – we hear from the authority’s VisitBradford tourism chief Rachel Oxborough about how it has used online engagement to keep in touch with visitors and residents in recent months 

Treasury’s £250m IT deal with NTT Data to be extended into eighth year

30 July 2020

Contract came with an initial seven-year potential term but will now run until 2022

Home buying goes paperless

30 July 2020

HM Land Registry announces acceptance of electronic signatures for mortgages and other deeds

Inside DWP’s digital coronavirus response – APIs, reuse and micro-services

28 July 2020

In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology

Government mulls online sales tax to counteract high-street hit

28 July 2020

Chancellor considers levy on internet sales

 

Government agrees to provide councils with daily individual testing data

21 July 2020

Move comes after calls from local authorities

Videoconferencing can benefit the NHS and patients long after coronavirus

21 July 2020

The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term

Edinburgh presses on with full-fibre rollout

8 July 2020

A third of homes across the Scottish capital have been equipped with the next-generation connectivity technology

How Brexit Britain could become a surveillance state

8 July 2020

The UK has tended to only introduce data-protection laws in conjunction with EU legislation and, according to Ray Walsh from ProPrivacy, the post-Brexit world may see the country prioritise authorities’ access to personal data over citizens' right to privacy

Manchester mayor claims local authorities being ‘kept in the dark’ by government on coronavirus testing data

6 July 2020

Andy Burnham says more detailed information needs to be provided with greater frequency

Bradford Council looks to chatbots

1 July 2020

Authority considers deployment of technology to reduce use of phone and face to face support

West Yorkshire looks to build £3m cloud-based traffic-management hub

23 June 2020

System will bring together existing databases across three areas

Government warned over ‘lack of transparency’ on coronavirus homeless response data

8 June 2020

Statistics regulator writes to MHCLG to criticise lack of publication of information 

How can local government get it right on shared services?

5 June 2020

Experts from councils and industry partners discuss the key benefits and challenges to consider if local authorities are to reap the rewards of sharing services

DWP’s ‘serious IT challenges’ pegged as key cause of disparity in benefits system during coronavirus crisis

3 June 2020

Chair of arm’s-length body praises government response but identifies lower payments for recipients of legacy benefits as one of several ‘rough edges’

Passport applications plummet in March

2 June 2020

Number of citizens using online and postal service drops by more than half

More must be done to realise the value of geospatial data

29 May 2020

Government’s Geospatial Commission has made some promising progress but Leigh Dodds of the ODI believes that increasing the openness of data and enhancing support for local government should be among the next steps

How Barnsley Council is building its own IT services and sharing them ‘for the greater good’

14 May 2020

The authority’s IT manager Richard Kingston explains why local government needs to collaborate for the benefit of citizens

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