Local Digital is launching a new asset management support offer to help English councils and mayoral strategic authorities improve their asset management capabilities and strengthen their cyber resilience. This blog post shares how councils can apply for funding.
One Big Thing is an annual Civil Service programme bringing civil servants together to focus on a shared area of learning. Its 2026 theme, ‘AI in Action’, is about putting AI into practice. This year, Local AI is making the One Big Thing workshop materials developed for colleagues in MHCLG available to local government teams.
StreetLink helps members of the public share concerns about someone sleeping rough so that local outreach teams can respond. Find out about the transformative impact of a pilot project with local authorities, exploring whether AI technology could enhance the service in a practical, responsible and user-centred way.
The Buildings, Design and Construction digital team in MHCLG is working with policy colleagues and stakeholders to explore ways to improve building safety outcomes. Learn how we’re using user research, mapping data flows and exploring common data standards to help make critical buildings safety information clearer, consistent and accessible, and how you can get involved.
Local Digital is building a digital Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) for local government service to make cyber resilience assessments easier to complete, manage and repeat. This blog provides an update on the development of LG WebCAF, shares an early prototype and invites councils to take part in the next phase of testing and development.
Local planning authorities (LPAs) can spend months handling inconsistent site submissions for their local plan. We have built a free tool to standardise how site information is submitted, helping authorities save time making their assessments, and contributing to faster plan-making. We're now looking for LPAs to help us test it.
MHCLG Digital has launched early-career opportunities for 5 Junior Developers to join our teams in Manchester. Mohsina, one of our developers, shares how support from colleagues has helped her build her skills and grow professionally since joining the department as a junior developer in 2024.
MHCLG Digital has launched early-career opportunities for 5 Associate Delivery Managers to join our teams in Manchester. Find out from Pippa, Senior Delivery Manager, what she has learnt since moving from communications to delivery management, including the valuable transferable skills she brought to her role and what it means to be a delivery manager.
ALIGN is a new national infrastructure spatial tool bringing together data, models and AI to identify local infrastructure needs and constraints. Supporting both central and local government, it will help assess whether existing infrastructure can support housing and local growth, and where additional investment may be needed.
Are you a junior professional looking for a career opportunity where you’ll be supported to learn, develop and progress fast? Join our digital teams as Junior Developer and Associate Delivery Manager in Manchester.
