Digital future of local services

I was on the front page of the Guardian once. I’d done a blog on AI for MHCLG, the Guardian quoted the blog and would normally write that ‘A spokesperson said…’ but in this case included my name as a civil servant and led to quite a squeaky moment in the morning when I got…

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How the national economy impacts local services

As we approach the Autumn Budget, the Westminster Circus can feel remote from local public sector delivery. But as we’ll see, macro decisions and mistakes in central government are having a profound effect on delivery, and the urgent need to redesign services. Here’s a graph of national GDP per capita for the top 20 countries…

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Community hubs

There’s a buzz about community hubs. Some places are rethinking children’s centres as Family Hubs, others are shifting NHS delivery to the community as part of their integrated care system reforms, and perhaps more are taking the opportunity to close central buildings and move staff to localities. But for all these drivers there’s a stronger…

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