The way local government is changing has encouraged us to look much more closely at how we can work together to improve the way we work.

In the past we've tended to look at digital strategy from a very insular point of view. How will a transactional website help my authority's citizens? How will this database improve the efficiency of my departments? In the past, this has been a fair view to take. One size to fit one local authority has been a good solution to the problems that we've had to overcome. But the rewards available for a unified digital vision now require us to work together.