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The government is funding local authorities across the UK for cycling and walking schemes, to promote healthy travel and carbon emission reduction.

10,000 chargers for electric vehicles are to be delivered by Connected Kerb to increase EV charging infrastructure across Surrey.

Many local authorities are working to reduce their reliance on the national grid by implementing and optimising local energy networks.

The national planning framework is the bible guiding all land-use, house-building, and energy-planning decisions in the UK.

The UK government has announced a fund of £14 million to allow both local authorities and community groups to improve well-being through tree planting.

Highlighting the achievements of eight public sector organisations, Esri UK’s Paul Clarke explains how geospatial technology is enabling digital transformation in government.

As the UK faces a crippling cost of living crisis, adopting digital transformation in the government could empower active problem-solving.

Electric vehicles are increasing in demand across the UK – but with this EV growth, more infrastructure and EV charging points are needed.

Intelligent councils can be the future of local government, incorporating data strategy to fast forward digital transformation in a citizen-centric joined-up service.

Despite financial cuts and labour shortages, local councils need effective digital transformation to accommodate new policies and processes.

Local authorities across the UK understand the success of their community and businesses is reliant on the services they underpin.

With the cost-of-living crisis at an unaffordable high, councils need to address empty homes and how they can benefit from having new occupants.

Local authorities must look at how they can make their buildings more energy-efficient to drive down costs, stretch budgets further, and make wiser investments.

The Contract Management Pioneer Programme is boosting commercial capability across the public sector, Crown Commercial Service writes.

Here the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership explains how it is attempting to use up to date Labour Market intelligence (LMI) to improve several areas in need of attention – especially in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Dyl Kurpil, Managing Director, District Enforcement asks, are the general public aware of what is actually classed as litter and the Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) litterers can be subject to?.

Tracey Dawes at Reed Talent Solutions and Alison Watson from Arden University, reveal their perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on digital transformation.

Niall Gibson, building performance expert at IES, discusses how technology such as the Virtual Environment and Digital Twins can help local authorities achieve net-zero targets by 2030.

John Ramsay, Founder and Managing Director of Social-Ability, discusses what rising dementia cases mean for local authorities and social care spending.

As the true extent of local government deficits comes to light, unlocking digital’s full potential will be the key to delivering council services in the future, says David McKinney, Local Government Managing Director at Servelec.