The introduction of a Local Government Digital Service (LGDS), building on the work done by central government’s GDS, is an ongoing discussion which divides opinion as neatly as the introduction of a new ...

In the previous article a simple premise was explored; that the introduction of a Local Government Digital Service (LGDS) would be a good thing for local government in the UK. If you’ve not read it yet ...

... whether or not to create a Local Government Digital Service seems to be popping its head above the proverbial parapet once more. Ever since GDS was ensconced within Whitehall, many corners of the local ...

... a need for more open data, the need for some sort of software or the need for GDS (or its local government equivalent – more on that another day…). The way these things are set up means that the conversation ...

... able to take this information and do more and more interesting and useful things with it. Gov.uk Verify will take off In case you missed it, GDS did another brilliant thing towards the end of 2014 ...

... be. Local Gov Digital has it within itself to take just that role for itself when it comes to local government and the digital agenda. I love the work that GDS has done for central government, but LGD ...