GDS Local is on a journey to tackle fragmentation in local government technology. Find out about what we've learnt and what comes next!
CustomerFirst shares what two years of architecture practice has taught them about people, trust and lightweight governance, and why less can be more.
We've published the Cloud Challenge Book 2026 - setting out five national-scale challenges and inviting industry to innovate and invest with us.
The first joint Cloud, FinOps, and AI community event brought together professionals from across government and academia to discuss AI in cloud technology.
Scaling open source in local government isn’t a technology problem, it’s a confidence one. Work with us to start to tackle it.
We recently launched a pilot for NDX:Try to help local councils try new and innovative digital and AI services for free before deciding whether to buy them. You can access the service here: ndx.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk The platform will provide secure, time-limited …
There could be huge benefits to councils in adopting a common technical architecture, and to achieve this the digital centre has published a shared model.
It is one year since the AI Accelerator programme launched in March 2025, transforming how government professionals build confidence, technical skills and practical capabilities in applying AI. The Accelerator programmes support departments to grow their own data and AI talent …
GDS Local’s sourcing the stack initiative is part of our commitment to co-create a vision for local government technology. We’ve been looking closely at how councils describe their technology to gain a better understanding of technical architecture across local government, and one of our findings …
Five years ago, a handful of individuals across government started chatting about the challenges we faced with low code tools. What began as informal conversations which were often sparked by questions such as ‘does anyone know how to do this?’, grew organically into …
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