January 2025
AI has quickly become a transformative force in the public sector, and within UK local government, it’s helping councils improve services, streamline operations, and serve their communities more effectively. From automating complex administrative tasks to supporting public safety and healthcare, AI is helping local authorities […]
July 2024
The Welsh socialist, writer and academic, Raymond Williams, once said: “To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing.” It is a powerful quote, and one that really resonated at two conferences I attended recently: the Healthy City Design International Conference in Liverpool, […]
July 2024
Political parties have fought much of the election campaign on the potential of their policies to improve lives. Post-election there is a critical factor that will be pivotal in determining the outcome of these proposals: the digital deliverability of each policy the winning party has […]
July 2024
The term ‘digital’ can be polarising, especially when it comes to our built environment, housing and infrastructure. Once-hyped ideas such as smart cities, seen as a potential game-changer in making our buildings more liveable, transport smoother, and parks more data-driven, have fallen by the wayside. […]
July 2024
It’s probably happened to each of us: initiating a debate on artificial intelligence, in the family for example, inevitably raises worrying questions: everyone comes from their own point of view and, let’s face it, it’s not not the reliable information that dominates, but rather the […]
July 2024
Government, of any colour, holds the privilege of creating policy. Given the challenges that all nations have faced over the last 15 years, starting with the global financial crisis, many people would recognise that we need bold, progressive, ambitious, transformational policy. Policy that promotes, energises, […]
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