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Technology Innovation Showcase

The LGA’s Technology Innovation Showcase brought together local government leaders and cutting-edge startups to explore the power of technology in transforming local services. The team worked with the local government sector over a period of three months to co-define key challenges that could be solved by AI and smart technology, presented below. The project led to a one-day ‘Showcase’ event highlighting the potential solutions offered by vendors to solve these challenges.

"It's time to make prevention across public services a reality"

Daniel Sperrin is a partner in Newton Europe’s public sector practice, with a focus on its local government and health sectors. He provides strategic leadership to major change programmes across adult social care, integrated care and health, children’s services, and housing. This is his blog on prevention for the Better Care Fund Support Programme.

Care and health career academies hub

Here, you’ll find resources, guidance and case studies developed to provide practical advice and insights from existing academies. These were developed to support places that are in the process of, or considering, developing a career academy.