Local government exists to serve local people, businesses and those who visit, either to work or for recreation.

In a world of non-stop innovation, where it feels like there are apps to serve every purpose and new technologies are emerging onto the market at breakneck speeds, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and ask ourselves: how can we be sure that the technology we’re making is truly benefiting society and, just as importantly, can be accessed by everybody?

Advanced predictive analytics have been successfully integrated across a wide range of sectors in recent years, particularly those with an academic focus such as science, technology, medicine and engineering.

Policing is navigating an age of complexity and continual change. To create clarity, forces are looking to partners to help them tackle their operational and organisational challenges.

It’s about using digital as a tool to police better...

Andrew Conroy, Property Director at Capita, explains how local authorities can structure property development partnerships to make sure that residents and local businesses are projects’ major beneficiaries

People want to be able to contact their local council easily, quickly and on whatever channel suits them best.

As the Covid-19 pandemic has taken hold across the globe, healthcare providers have had to quickly adapt to changing work structures and practices to save lives.

In the first of two articles on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to radically rethink how we deliver services to citizens, we examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on councils.

To date, and out of necessity, the Covid-19 pandemic response has primarily been tactically delivered across our health and care services.