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Our team ensures that local government voices are shaping national cyber, digital and technology policies. This page contains LGA responses, following engagement with the local government, to Government consultations and calls for evidence.
Artificial intelligence
We provided a joint response with the Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation (Socitm) and Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace) to the Government's AI White Paper.
Identity verification
We provided a joint response with Socitm and Solace on draft legislation to support identity verification.
Large Language Models
We provided written evidence with Socitm and Solace to the Communication and Digital Committee inquiry.
Ransomware
We provided written evidence to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) inquiry on ransomware.
Software resilience
We provided a joint response with Socitm to a call for views on software resilience and security for businesses and organisations.
Software vendors
We provided a joint response with Socitm and iNetwork to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's (DSIT) call for views on a proposed code of practice for software vendors.
In this section:
- Ransomware Parliamentary Inquiry call for evidence - Local Government Association response December 2022
- Identity verification: LGA, Socitim and Solace response to consultation on draft legislation to support identity verification
- Software resilience: LGA and Socitm response to call for views
- AI: Consultation on a pro-innovation approach to Artificial Intelligence regulation
- Large Language Models: LGA, Socitm and Solace joint response to the Communication and Digital Committee inquiry - September 2023
- Software vendors: Consultation on a proposed code of practice for software vendors
- AI: LGA, iNetwork and Socitm response to call for views on proposed code of practice for AI and cyber security