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Our latest thinking on AI, digital sovereignty, technology and transformation

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News: A leadership guide for navigating the AI era

18 February 2026
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Impactful Devolution 02: Local Government for the Digital Era

19 March 2025
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Mike Bracken CBE

Products, platforms, protocols: 3 steps to digital sovereignty

25 March 2026
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Alistair Ruff

Improving service outcomes: Understanding the levels of change

20 February 2026
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Our reflections from UKGovCamp 2026

12 February 2026
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Mike Bracken CBE

Building digital sovereignty: Reflections from FWD50 PD Day

11 February 2026
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Rob Miller

Report: Finding the Opportunities for Transformation in Local Public Services

22 January 2026
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Julia Harrison

Adaptability means knowing when to stop

14 January 2026
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Dai Vaughan

Building an adaptability muscle: the foundation for the AI era

7 January 2026

Newsletter: latest editions

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PD Newsletter #105: Exploring digital transformation through a gender lens

In this special edition guest edited by Shereen Nassuna, we’re marking the month of International Women’s Day (March). We're sharing pieces by women working across digital and transformation, as well as stories which explore the topic through a gender lens.

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PD Newsletter #104: Don't risk automation without redesign 🤖

In this edition: the four levels where change happens in organisations, how governments can build state capacity, and why AI generates more demand than organisations - public or private - can handle.

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PD Newsletter #103: Shaping Technology for Transformation 📖

In this newsletter, we argue that when it comes to technology, success requires building the right underlying strengths - a “muscle” that makes change easy, and determines an organisation's fitness to compete and survive. Our latest book, featuring articles from Public Digital colleagues, offers a guide to building that muscle.

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Publications

A page of our design book reads "we can only achieve commercial goals by understanding what our customers need and scoping opportunities from that insight"

PD Book: Competitive advantage by design

10 April 2025
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PD Book: Shaping technology for transformation

25 November 2025
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PD Book: Adopting the practice of Test and Learn

10 April 2025

News

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News: A leadership guide for navigating the AI era

18 February 2026
Public Digital's Chair, Lesley Cowley OBE

Lesley Cowley OBE appointed Chair of PD

15 January 2026
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Year Note 2025

12 December 2025
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PD selected by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help supercharge the impact of UK metro mayors

11 December 2025
The PD team pictured at the Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards 2025

High Commendation for PD at national business awards

19 November 2025
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Gurpreet Sehmi appointed Public Digital’s Head of Central Government

6 November 2025