DIGITAL

Let's equip ourselves for change

In his final column before switching to Redbridge LBC, the NLGN’s Simon Parker highlights the importance of local authorities adopting – and making the most of – a digital way of working

‘Let's go and visit the digital floor'. Earlier this month I was visiting a New Local Government Network (NLGN) member in the North to find out more about their transformation programme. I walked through the brutalist 1970s building, progressing through the usual cloisters of local government efficiency. My host opened a door and we stepped into the area where the council's new website was being put together.

And all of a sudden the atmosphere changed.

Simon Parker

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