Tag: Local Government
29 articles tagged Local Government
Council passed a resident's details to a data centre firm
North Lanarkshire admitted a data breach after a caller asking about a 550MW AI data centre was rung back by the developer instead of the council.
Lancashire council says AI is giving social workers time back
Lancashire County Council says using Microsoft Copilot to draft case notes could save 225,000 hours a year, freeing social workers for face-to-face care — a vendor-published account.
Public sector facilities teams unprepared for AI, Bellrock survey finds
Just 1% of UK estates leaders believe their current facilities management model is fit for purpose, with 65% having received no AI training at all.
System C ambient-AI tool deployed across 15 councils, lifting assessment capacity 40%
System C's FormFlow Assistant is in 15 English council adult-social-care teams and reports 68% documentation efficiency gain and 40% end-to-end assessment uplift.
ICS.AI launches council AI accelerator ahead of 2028 LGR deadline
ICS.AI's new SMART Day One accelerator promises councils up to 30% faster reorganisation as 200 authorities face a hard April 2028 unitary deadline.
Cambridgeshire council deploys AI cameras to detect potholes across 4,600km road network
Cambridgeshire County Council has begun a £100,000 contract for AI-powered highway inspection software to tackle its £800m road maintenance backlog.
HM Land Registry AI tool cuts land charges migration from months to weeks
A new AI system combining OCR and large language models processed a London borough's local land charges records in four weeks with a team of four, replacing months of manual work.
Three Welsh Councils Cut Social Care Admin by 75% with AI
Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Rhondda Cynon Taf councils deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot across 3,500 staff, saving thousands of hours and boosting care quality.
UK Local Government Data 'Not AI-Ready by Default', Report Warns
New ODI and Nortal research finds councils piloting AI risk building on weak data foundations, with most datasets unfit for algorithmic use.
