Piloting a Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government
The potential impact of a cyber incident in a council can be devastating, as high profile attacks on...
Celebrating four years of the Local Digital Declaration
Every July, the Local Digital team holds a month-long campaign to celebrate the anniversary of the l...
New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites
3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...
New user-centred services for planning applications are now live on council websites
3 new services: Find Out If You Need Planning Permission, Apply for a Lawful Development Certificate...
What we learned from the Local Digital Roadshow 2022
The Local Digital team holding a workshop with attendees during the Yorkshire Roadshow. This year ha...
Digital planning reform - an overview
Have you ever tried to get planning permission or engage with the planning system as a user? For hom...
Women working in digital, data and technology, part 2: leadership
There’s no set path to working in digital, data and technology (DDAT). Women working in these profes...
Women working in digital, data and technology, part 1: product and delivery
There’s no set path to working in digital, data and technology (DDAT). Women working in these profes...
Building confidence and expertise in local government for successful digital transformation
In the Local Digital Declaration, we outline our commitment to ‘creating the conditions for genuine ...
Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital
May-N presenting at an event for local government This week brings to a close my two and a half year...
Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber
The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few mon...
Modernising planning software in collaboration with councils and their suppliers
Our digital planning software work is moving into a new phase of collaboration and delivery with Loc...
Introducing a new service to “Submit social housing lettings and sales data (CORE)”
We previously blogged about how and why DLUHC is looking at reducing the burden of data submission t...
Why we’re making data returns less burdensome for Local Government
A big part of the work of organisations that deliver local services is submitting data about their a...
How our training offer is supporting local government with day-to-day working
It’s been seven months since we launched an online library of training courses to support our local ...
Round 5 of the Local Digital Fund is now open
We’re thrilled to announce that the Local Digital Fund is open for applications from council-led dig...
New fund to enhance community engagement in planning
PropTech Engagement Fund - apply by 31 August 2021 The Digital Planning team at MHCLG are delighted ...
Transforming the way MHCLG delivers funding
Delivering funding to where it is needed most is a core mission of MHCLG. And we do lots of it - dis...
MHCLG launch two beta products in a first step towards digital planning reform
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a private beta of two new council-led digital planning produ...
The Cyber Support team’s technical remediation and support activities
During the cyber security discovery last year, we identified five areas of opportunity for MHCLG to ...
Kicking off the Cyber Health Framework Alpha phase
Photo by Clayton Robbins on Unsplash In June 2020 the Local Digital Cyber team completed a discovery...
Creating a more flexible funding model for the Local Digital Fund
Since 2018, the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU) has funded 35 projects through multiple ph...
A look back at Local Digital in 2020
In the year that the Local Digital movement turned two years old, we saw some huge shifts as a team ...
Service transformation, not just iteration
One of the great things about stepping into the product manager role on a service you have worked wi...
MHCLG looking for DDaT professionals for a new Birmingham HQ
MHCLG Digital Jobs The Digital Directorate in MHCLG is still less than three years old but things ar...
Launching the Energy Performance of Buildings Register
After months spent rebuilding the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, our team had an exciting...
Creating a framework for designing consultations
MHCLG and Policy Lab hosted consultative events that fed into the Social Housing Green Paper. Recent...
Key findings and recommendations from the cyber security discovery
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit Cyber team has come to the end of a two-month discovery into cy...
Two years of fixing the plumbing: celebrating ‘Digital Declaration Month’
In July, the Local Digital Collaboration Unit celebrated the second anniversary of the Local Digital...
We’ve funded 11 collaborative projects through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG is delighted to announce the 11 projects that will be ...