Systems Director of @Porism. Technical Lead of the local government @LGInformPlus programme. Open Data enthusiast.
Brixton + Brighton, England
Joined October 2008
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In case you missed it.
ORUK's @MikeThacker talks to @LindaSasta O'Halloran about how a common data standard can help fix the "digital plumbing" of local public services.
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Our September 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- Financial Hardship report from SAVVI
- Training: Lewisham’s data-driven approach
- Powers & Duties: Seeking Experts
- Surveys: LGA Sector Support & Annual Population Survey
- Community Engagement data
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Our August 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- New Reports on Men’s Health, Family Hubs, Adult Social Care
- Benchmarking club
- Local Government Workforce capacity metrics
- Chief executives masterclass
- New data on short-term lets, renewable energy
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Our July 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- Local Outcomes Framework statistical neighbours model
- Views sought - a measurement framework for cohesion
- LG Inform Corporate Benchmarking Club
- New Data - National Drug Treatment Monitoring System
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Our June 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- Spread the word - LG Inform Programme newsletter
- Updated LG Inform Reports - Health and Wellbeing
- New Videos - Using the Data Tool and API
- People on Universal Credit
- Crime Severity Score
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Our May 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- Summer and Autumn training dates
- New Reports - Adult Social Care Priorities & Better Care Fund Monitoring
- Corporate Benchmarking Club
- Data - Children in Low Income Families & Personal income statistics
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Our February 2026 newsletter is out featuring:
- Local Outcomes Framework
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework
- LGA Data Programme
- Updated Adult Social Care Infographic
- New & updated data - Connectivity, Active Lives Survey, Child development
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Our November 2024 newsletter is out featuring:
- Indices of Deprivation
- Centre of Excellence
- Ageing in Your Community
- Partners in Care and Health reports
- Training
- Benchmarking clubs
- Local authority stock data
- LG Inform Strategic User Group
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About 9months ago I had a really frustrating call with people in the UK government following years of frustrating meetings with people in the UK government. An archive of the UK's bus open data, the location of every bus in real time, was going to be too hard to release,...
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The sheer rage of this driver. She’s angry because car manufacturers promised her freedom and she is instead imprisoned inside her own car, and she hasn’t the emotional maturity to handle it.
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Our October 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- Department for Education Centre of Excellence
- Local transparency guidance
- New Report - Understanding Ageing
- Training - data in public health & council performance
- New Data - Winter Fuel Payments
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Our September 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- Outcomes Framework Consultation
- Government five missions report
- Share your feedback
- Autumn training dates released
- Python training
- Power BI masterclasses
- Electric vehicle charging statistics
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Update from @LDgovUK on #OpenReferralUK #OpenReferral localdigital.gov.uk/news/new… with news of adoption by @placecube @PPLconnected and @LocalGovDrupal
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Our August 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- Local Government Outcomes Framework consultation
- LG Inform App Version 2 released
- Benchmarking Club Q1 2025/26
- Census data users survey
- New Data: Travel time to local amenities & people in employment
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Our July 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- Local Government Outcomes Framework report
- LG Inform App - launched at LGA Conference
- Adult Safeguarding Report
- Event - A guide to successful data sharing across public services
- New Data - Average Rents
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Our March 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- Local Government Reorganisation: Let LG Inform Plus Natural Neighbourhoods help
- New LG Inform Videos: Get trained up!
- Event: AI Innovation within Local Government
- New Metrics: Apprenticeships
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Our January 2025 newsletter is out featuring:
- New Case Study - Birmingham City Council
- New Data - Patient Discharge Dates
- New Events - Becoming an Insight-Led Organisation and Natural Language Processing
- Innovation Zone Applications 2025 Now Open
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Our December 2024 newsletter is out featuring:
- New LG Inform report on Digital Inclusion
- New Data - Understanding Housing
- LG Inform in 2024 - Thanks from us!
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Our October 2024 newsletter is out featuring:
- ONS Local Workshop Series with LG Inform & Data Maturity Assessments in Local Government
- How are we doing? Share your feedback on our council improvement support
- Autumn LG Inform & Plus Training
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News from Local Digital including a recording of the “What is Open Referral UK meeting and an invitation to the meeting of 20 Nov for IT people and suppliers.
The latest #LocalDigital newsletter is now available!
☑ Read about how we're transforming the #Housing sector through improved #Data
☑ Learn about our new Open Referral UK steering group
☑ Sign up for sector events and training
Take a look 👇
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