UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) 
Digital Planning Improvement Fund 2024
This page contains guidance for applying to the Digital Planning Improvement Fund 2024. Below you will find information about the fund, what it is for and the information you will […]
Prioritise user needs
We will go further to redesign our services around the needs of the people using them. This means continuing to prioritise citizen and user needs above professional, organisational and technological silos.
Digital Citizen Engagement toolkit
Welcome to our digital citizen engagement toolkit which is designed to support local authorities (LAs) in using digital tools for improved consultations and engagement in planning. Developed with a user-centred […]
Future Gazing: Where Next for Local Government Tech in 2024?
Join techUK as they put the spotlight on local government tech innovations, reflect on the digital trends of the past year and make their predictions for 2024.
Read the Local Digital Declaration
The Declaration was co-published with 45 organisations on 4 July 2018. This is our ambition for local public services, and our commitment to making it happen. We are a collective […]
Lessons learnt from the first Local Digital Collaboration Roadshows
In this blog post, we’ll share some reflections from our first roadshow, which visited 5 cities across the UK throughout June and July. The events aimed to inform our plans […]
The local digital collaboration mission at MHCLG
It’s notoriously difficult to scale innovation around the local public sector. Technology designed for one local authority doesn’t just slide neatly into another, because council systems speak different languages and […]
