The recent budget allocated £20 billion pounds for research and development over the next year, with DSIT’s R&D budget increasing to £13.9 billion. The investment is part of a government commitment to drive economic growth and improve people’s lives.

With a boost to funding, in this issue of Government Technology, we look at how AI is being used in the public sector and investigate the LGA’s new digitalisation framework.

CCS give us an update on the new G-Cloud framework and techUK look at cloud transformation in the public sector.

Socitm share how connected places can also be sustainable places and Ordnance Survey explain their digital twins project with the Welsh Government.

We’ve also got an article from Norfolk County Council that sets out some of their digital initiatives that are boosting public services around the county.

Polly Jones, editor