New analysis of cloud adoption across councils, public bodies, universities and emergency services reveals slow progress and hurdles to climb.
The report by Eduserv and Socitm raises concerns that progress in the public sector still faces some serious challenges, six years on from the 2013 launch of the government’s Cloud First strategy.

The government has published its draft Domestic Abuse Bill to help support victims and their families and pursuing offenders.
With domestic abuse issues currently costing the country £66 billion a year, the new legislation will introduce the first ever statutory government definition of domestic abuse to specifically include economic abuse and controlling and manipulative non-physical abuse. This will enable everyone, including victims themselves, to understand what constitutes abuse and will encourage more victims to come forward.

Newcastle City Council has been named as the highest-placed local authority on the Stonewall Top 100 index.

Living in micro-homes could enhance choice for young professionals in the capital and help tackle London's housing crisis.

New analysis has revealed that crime prevention budgets have been cut by more than half since the Conservatives came to power.
The Labour Party, who published the data, shows that between 2009 and 2018, spending on crime reduction by local authorities has been cut by almost 60 per cent, falling from £363 million to £154 million. Over the same period, the number of council employees working on ‘crime reduction’ has fallen by more than a third, from 120,334 to just 77,720.

An additional 160 staff are to be recruited by Liverpool City Council to cut the caseload of children’s social workers by up to half.

Five locations across England will receive a share of £20 million to invest in local culture, heritage and creative industries.

New research from the RAC Foundation has found that Coventry City Council has the longest response time in Britain for filling in serious potholes.

A new report has highlighted how children are increasingly choosing to spend hours indoors and on screens instead of playing outside.
A Movement for Movement, published by the Association of Play Industries, reveals that children have never moved so little and points to substantial evidence that screens are a key reason.

A pioneering scheme in Somerset has helped patients avoid 7,500 nights in hospital and freed up at least £2 million for other services.