MHCLG have launched a £6m fund to support councils with delivering improvements following a cyber assessment framework. We have launched a £6 million CAF Support Fund for 52 councils that have completed a CAF assessment, helping them accelerate improvements in…

Oh god, a new major version of WordPress is out.

Some terrifying numbers in Ed Zitron’s post AI Is Too Expensive: But LLMs are too expensive! They cost too much to run, and said costs appear to increase linearly with revenues. The more a user uses a product, the more…

I am LOVING Kev Rowe’s continued blogging about the low-code digital platform development at Luton, some of the thinking behind it, and how it ties in with the corporate strategy for the town: … we’re building towards a more complete…

On the New Stack blog: Who will maintain the web when PHP’s veterans retire? A new Perforce report finds PHP’s developer base is aging out faster than it’s being replenished — and AI-generated code may be making the problem worse,…

Apparently, the Bristol Mayor leads GovTech manifesto: The manifesto, developed at the Govtech 4 Impact World Congress 2026 in Madrid, calls for a coordinated, market-shaping approach that positions cities and regions as active market shapers in the global GovTech industry.…

Phil blogs about a prototype tool he has been to allow users to explore the connections between the various bits of the Local Government Architecture Model he and others at GDS Local have been working on. You can access the…

Carl Haggerty shares his ‘year note’ about his first 12 months in post as Somerset Council’s Head of Transformation and Digital: We haven’t fully broken the reflex that speed is the answer when pressure rises. We haven’t made learning feel…

One of the most interesting and exciting things about the LGR digital Playbook project is the vision for it to be as community-led and informed as possible. The aim is to get as many people involved as we can, to…

New guidance published on GOV.UK – AI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sector: User research suggests that the primary driver of exploitation risk is the presence of weaknesses in systems – including unpatched vulnerabilities, insecure implementation, and…

Richard Pope – Public sector super apps are system-facing products, not just citizen facing ones: Public sector super apps – like Estonia’s Diia, the UK’s GOV.UK and NHS apps, Singapore’s LifeSG, and Dubai Now – provide a single place to…

Will Callaghan writes Elections and the Community Fund: … last week the fund had another major success. Three council Democratic Services teams switched from using their old software to the latest version of LocalGov Drupal Elections, paid for by contributions…

Very exciting looking job going in Dorset, working with Catherine Howe: You’ll be joining the Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Chief Executive. Your directorate is around 550 colleagues across Customer Experience, Technology, Digital and Data, Libraries, Revenues and…

Yet another note-taking, knowledge organising type of app to play with: Logsec.

Kev Rowe is continuing to blog the progress of implementing the Netcall Liberty Create low code platform at Luton Council. It’s been a practical sprint, getting the essentials in place so the team can build quickly to a good standard…

The Register reports on issues with planning and land searches, related to recent implementations of Arcus Global’s software. No doubt rivals of Arcus will be rubbing their hands with glee, but it’s really hard to know where the problem lies.…

I have really been enjoying the Past, Present Future podcast lately. The recent series on George Orwell and WW2 was great. Made me dig out my copy of Orwell’s Essays for a read.

LOTI’s Eddie Copeland – Putting in place the enabling conditions for AI: Many organisations seem to be falling for the same mistake we’ve been trying to undo with digital government for the past 15 years: thinking that this is just…

Kristin at Newark and Sherwood District Council shares Discussing Practical AI for Projects: The effectiveness of AI ultimately depends on the quality of data and the proficiency of its users. It was a valuable opportunity to exchange perspectives, and many…

Terence Eden writes [the] NHS Goes To War Against Open Source: …this is not the correct response to the purported threat by Mythos. Neither the AI Safety Institute nor the NCSC recommend this action. While there may be some increase…