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Local GDS
Phil Rumens edited this page Nov 29, 2025
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This is a collection of blog posts and articles which form part of the "Local GDS" debate. I have only included opinion pieces, not news articles.
The debate focuses on ideas around the creation of a team, unit, or organisation to support the digital transformation and delivery of local public services.
Given the age of some of the articles some of the links no longer work; I've left them in so that the topics can still be seen.
- GDS Local: Long Arcs and Hopeful Horizons, Carl Haggerty
- Welcome GDS Local, Sarah Lay
- Is the launch of GDS Local a turning point for local government and public services?, Steve Hughes
- People across UK to benefit from easier access to local services as councils get digital boost, Ian Murray MP
- Local digital: SPRINT!, Catherie Howe
- Our part in the digital centre for government, Will Callaghan
- Vision for a Local Government Centre for Digital Technology, Councillor Louise Gittins
- The future of digital services in local government, David Durant
- A Tight-Loose Collective Operating Model for Local Government, Mark Thompson
- (Yet more) on a ‘Local GDS’, Paul Maltby
- Further thoughts on a new Local Government Digital Service, Theo Blackwell
- Helping local digital work - Should there be a Local Government Digital Service?, James Plunkett
- Invest £240m in 12 regional and national offices of technology innovation Dr Natalie Byrom, Rachel Coldicutt, Sarah Gold
- A Local Govt GDS?, Richard Godfrey
- Even more thoughts on a new Local Government Digital Service, Mark Thompson
- A local digital tripartite, Phil Rumens
- Structural solutions for structural problems, Dave Briggs
- The challenge in the discussions around a local GDS and other such things, Carl Haggerty
- Do we need a new focus on local digital services, Jos Creese
- Should there be a Local GDS? Probably not. It Depends., Simon Gray
- Podcast: Why the public sector urgently needs to embrace society's digital transformation, Mark Thompson
- How can local government get good at digital?, Mandeep Hothi
- 3 Steps to Save Local Digital Government, Eddie Copeland
- GDS for Local Government, Hamish Buchanan
- There is no such thing as local government, Joshua Mouldey
- To LGDS or not to LGDS – Part 1, Glen Ocsko for We Love Local Govenment
- To LGDS or not to LGDS – Part 2, Glen Ocsko for We Love Local Govenment
- To LGDS or not to LGDS – Part 3, Glen Ocsko for We Love Local Govenment
- Digital transformation will not happen across local government - so what's the alternative?, Bryan Glick
- SOCITM 2015 Review – Local government does need a critical mass of revolutionaries, Derek du Preez
- Let's Get Digital: why we need a local Government Digital Service, John Jackson, CIO, Camden Council
- Local Digital: How a Local Digital Service would work, Tariq Rashid
- Political parties push for a “local government digital service", Phil Swann, iNetwork
- Smarter and more collaborative use of technology and data could save local government billions, Abbey Kos, FutureGov
- Labour digital review rejects Local GDS, Colin Marrs, Public Technology
- Socitm 2014: The digital challenges for local government IT leaders, Bryan Glick, Computer Weekly
- What I will do next, James Cattell
- Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years, Mike Bracken
- Guest blog: 'GDS inspirational but we don't need the Cabinet Office to save us', Ben Proctor
- Feature: Local GDS - an idea whose time has come, or a single point of failure?, Mel Poluck
- Local GDS – a disruptive responsibility for leadership, Steve Halliday
- Digital Government - a FAM future?, Chi Onwurah MP
- Ask not: 'do we need a Local GDS?', Phil Rumens
- Devo-digital, Sarah Prag
- £7.6m for Local Digital GDS – What would you do?, Steve Halliday
- Kickstarting innovation in government IT, John Jackson
- We Need a Local GDS with Muscle and Teeth, Richard Copley
- Should we have a Local GDS?, Sarah Lay
- More Local GDS thoughts, Carl Haggerty
- Why some centralising of local gov digital is needed, Dave Briggs
- Why I support the creation of a local government digital service, Ben Proctor, Guardian
- Call for a local digital service, UKAuthority.com
- LocalGov Digital: Socitm Response, LGD
- Socitm proposes the creation of a LGDS, Socitm
- Government must be a platform entrepreneur to deliver 'digital 2.0', Mark Thompson
- Render unto Ceasar, Ben Proctor
- A single website for local government: an idea worth pursuing?, Socitm Briefing
- Localgov Digital G+ post, Glenn Reuben
- What impact would a Local GDS have on the market?, Gavin Beckett
- What should digital government look like in the local government sector?, Eddie Copeland
- Local government, Richard Pope
- A local GDS could probably add value but is it the right thing to do?, Ben Proctor
- One Local Gov Digital: some further thoughts, Rob Miller
- GDS for local? A shopping list, not a monolith., Sarah Prag
- Central? Local? Usable., dxw
- A single website for local government, Phil Rumens
- Could the ECB inspire a Local GDS? , Phil Rumens
- No to single local government website, yes to common platform for local government tools and applications, says Socitm, Martin Ferguson, Vicky Sargent, Socitm
- Local government digital service and the GDS design principles, Ben Welby
- Local government digital service: how might it work?, Ben Welby
- Local government digital service: build or buy?, Ben Welby
- Local government digital service: democracy, Ben Welby
- On a local government digital service, Ben Welby
- A shared web platform for local government?, Ben Cheetham
- NLGN, Smart People, Smart Places: Realising Digital Local Government, Maia Beresford, NLGN
- [NLGN think tank recommends LocalGov Digital lead sector review] (http://localgovdigital.info/news/nlgn-think-tank-recommends-localgov-digital-lead-sector-review/), Carl Haggerty, LocalGovDigital
- Could a government digital service for local government work?, Ben Matthews in the Guardian
- How to create a Local Government Digital Service, Richard Copley, Computer Weekly
- Let's Replace Council Websites with Local.Gov.Uk - a GDS for Local Government
- Is Local GDS a good idea?, Demsoc
- That local GDS conversation again...., Carl Haggerty
- A GDS for local government?, Simon Wakeman
- A web manager in Cornwall, Jason Williams
- Let’s Replace Council Websites with Local.Gov.Uk – a GDS for Local Government, Richard Copley
- The future of local government services, video Mark Foden, Mark Thompson, Anthony Kemp
- The gubbins of government, video by Mark Foden
- Where's LocalGov Digital?, Phil Rumens
- Local Government Digital Service, Mick Phythian
- Local GDS: A Skunkworks for Local Government?, Stuart Harrison
- A local GDS, for Local People, Mark Braggins
- Government as a local platform?, Ben Welby
- Alpha(Local)Gov, Ben Welby
- Alpha.gov.uk , Andrew Beeken