FINANCE

Providing a clear picture of care

By Iain MacBeath | 01 October 2019

By bringing financial and care quality data together to be accessed in one place in real-time, 11...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government silent on no-deal cloud risks

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019

The Government has refused to reveal if all major providers of cloud-based services are aware of ...

DATA

IoW investigates data breech

By Paul Marinko | 25 September 2019

Isle of Wight Council is investigating a data breach after it sent out council tax letters contai...

DIGITAL

The MJ Data and Digital: Getting digital right

By Kirsty Cole | 20 September 2019

Working on digital partnerships is fraught with pitfalls. Kirsty Cole and Melvyn Ingleson offer t...

LEGAL

Named person scheme dropped

By Dan Peters | 20 September 2019

A mandatory named person scheme for every child in Scotland – underpinned by law – will not now h...

WELFARE

Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC

By John Cooper | 18 September 2019

It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...

INNOVATION

Ready for the revolution?

By Heather Jameson | 18 September 2019

With the rise of technology in the workplace, Nesta and The MJ asked local government frontline w...

COUNCIL TAX

Data the key to supporting through UC

By Deven Ghelani | 18 September 2019

As Universal Credit replaces Housing Benefit, local authorities will lose access to the rich data...

SOCIAL CARE

Be clear on the service benefits of digitisation

By Tracie Evans | 18 September 2019

Tracie Langley says digitisation is 'worth every single penny' - but it is the service redesign ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The MJ Data and Digital: Digitising democracy

By Heather Jameson | 18 September 2019

Digital minister for Taiwan, Audrey Tang has brought the openness and transparency she found on t...