The 6 projects funded in round 2 of the Local Digital Fund
The award decisions from round 2 of the Local Digital Fund have been announced. Find out more about the 6 projects continuing to fix the plumbing of local government services.
Updates to the Local Digital Fund application process
The Local Digital Fund is opening to applications from new collaborative projects across local government. Read about the changes made to the application process by the Local Digital team, and the evidence that has informed their thinking.
Publishing energy performance certificate data
Read about the user research and policy work to resume publishing EPC data on Open Data Communities.
One year of fixing the plumbing: the Local Digital Declaration
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It's been one year since the Local Digital Declaration was published. The Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG reflect upon the achievements so far, and how their future work can further deliver upon the promises and principles of the Declaration.
Lessons we learned at the Future PropTech exhibition
The Digital Land team was represented at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech event to engage with and learn from innovators in the housing and planning sector. Find out more about the event and what we learned.
Defining policy outcomes for event fees
Sheldon Ferguson writes about the Leasehold Reform team's discovery into event fees. Read how a user-centred design approach influenced outcomes, and view the publicly available report delivered to ministers.
Following our funded projects
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Local Digital, Local Digital Fund, Local Digital Team
Members of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG have been working closely with the 16 Local Digital Fund projects. Read about the information they're gathering, how they aim to measure the value of collaborative working and the collaborative tools that the funded projects have utilised so far.
Helping local government Chief Digital Officers make the most of the Local Digital Declaration
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Local Digital, Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Team
We ran a discovery workshop on 12 February with 10 municipal digital leaders, Bloomberg Associates and Socitm to understand how we might better network and support them. Read the summary, the full event log and what we’re planning as a result.
Supporting digital innovation in PropTech
The Digital Land Policy team are working to support digital innovation in the PropTech sector. Peter Latham talks about who has joined the team, the findings they have already made and what they're planning to do next.
Digital in a policy department
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Digital Land, Digital Policy, Local Digital, Local Digital Team
MHCLG is traditionally a policy department of government. Paul Maltby, who leads the Digital directorate, talks about the ways in which digital and policy can work together, and how the principles of OneTeamGov could define the future of the Civil Service.
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