techUK Local Public Services Committee: vision and strategic objectives
Guest blog by Dia Nag – Chair techUK LPSC & Director Strategy and Digital Transformation, UK Public Sector, Capgemini Invent
As Chair of the techUK Local Public Services Committee (LPSC), I’m delighted to share our vision and objectives, developed in collaboration with our board members and ambassadors, with the wider membership and colleagues across local government.
With the invaluable support of our ambassadors - Jonathan Stephenson and Madeline Hoskin - and the collaboration of key partners including Lisa Trickey (LGA), Phil Rumens (GDS Local), and Glen Osko (MHCLG), we have agreed a clear collective direction for the committee.
Collaboration sits firmly at the heart of our mission and underpins everything we do. We believe that by working together across local government, suppliers, and partners, we can drive meaningful progress and deliver better outcomes for our communities.
If you’re working in local government and this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you.
This is a shared journey - we can’t do this alone!
Our vision
To enable UK local authorities to ‘deliver digitally and data-mature, citizen-centred, and sustainable services powered by innovation’. We will achieve this by connecting councils and industry, accelerating responsible adoption of AI and emerging technologies, strengthening digital and data capability, and championing reuse and best practice as a ‘trusted convenor’.
Our approach
The Local Public Services Committee is committed to working closely with councils and suppliers to champion a culture of reuse and sharing across the sector. We believe that collaboration is key to unlocking scalable, efficient, and impactful digital transformation.
At the heart of our approach are the ‘3As’: • Awareness - Building an understanding of and access to existing solutions, best practices, tools, frameworks, playbooks and opportunities across the ecosystem for reuse and sharing
• Adoption - Enabling and supporting councils and each other to implement proven solutions, best practices effectively and adopt what is already there to cater to their needs
• Amplification - Scaling success by sharing outcomes, insights, and innovations across the sector.
‘By driving awareness, we create the conditions for widespread adoption and ultimately amplifying impact at scale.’
Our objectives and impact
Our objectives are designed to deliver tangible outcomes that support councils, partners, and the wider supplier ecosystem. Together, they create a continuous cycle of improvement and collaboration. Through this integrated approach, we aim to complete the full circle- ‘turning ambition into action and impact.’
1. Accelerate adoption of local government digital and data maturity and awareness
Promote user-centred, data-driven service design
Develop and share maturity assessment frameworks, playbooks, and exemplars
Strengthen digital, data, and product capability across councils
Enable adoption of responsible AI, automation, and technologies supporting smarter, sustainable services
Impact: Faster, more consistent digital and data maturity across councils, leading to improved service quality, efficiency, and citizen outcomes.
2. Enable adoption through reuse and market collaboration
Promote reuse and sharing of platforms, services, and patterns across councils
Encourage earlier and more transparent council-supplier engagement
Support SME participation alongside strategic suppliers
Shift procurement focus from cost to outcomes, value, and social impact
Impact: Reduced duplication, better value from technology investments, and a more open, innovative, and competitive supplier ecosystem.
3. Shape policy and enable sector transformation
Inform national and local digital policy affecting councils, including UK Autumn Budget
Support Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) through forums, roadshows, and cross-sector engagement
Identify technology opportunities emerging from structural reform and service transformation
Impact: Better-aligned policy and more effective transformation, enabling councils to navigate change with clarity and confidence.
4. Convene, share and amplify best practice
Facilitate collaboration between councils, suppliers, and the wider ecosystem
Publish practical guidance, case studies, and insights
Increase visibility of council activity through communications, blogs, events, and networks
Impact: Scaled adoption of proven approaches, stronger sector collaboration, and increased visibility of impact across local government.
5. Champion responsible and inclusive digital transformation
Promote ethical, secure, and transparent technology adoption
Advocate inclusive leadership and diversity in the technology workforce
Support councils to deliver safe, accessible, and citizen-focused digital services
Impact: Greater public trust, more inclusive outcomes, and responsible use of technology that delivers long-term public value.
Aligned with our objectives and mission, our sub-groups are already progressing key areas of work:
Subgroup 1: Accelerating digital maturity and data-driven decision making
Focused on increasing awareness and adoption of digital capabilities, ultimately enabling the amplification of impact across local services.
Subgroup 2: Improving procurement in local government technology
Aiming to strengthen outcomes through more proactive market engagement between suppliers and councils.
At the techUK Local Public Services Innovation Summit on 15 September, we will be launching our #ReuseAndShare Campaign (a key outcome of Subgroup 1), alongside the publication of our Procurement Survey led by Subgroup 2, designed to support stronger and more effective collaboration between suppliers and councils.
We look forward to building momentum from there - so watch this space!
If you want to know more about our work, please reach out to Georgina Maratheftis, Luke Newcombe and Dia Nag.
Local Public Services Programme activities
Our Local Public Services Programme helps techUK members to navigate local government. We champion innovation that can create truly digital local public services helping to create thriving, productive and safer places for all. Visit the programme page here
Local government reorganisation hub
As the voice of the tech industry, techUK is helping suppliers prepare for local government reorganisation with the launch of our dedicated LGR hub.
Our members develop strong networks, build meaningful partnerships and grow their businesses as we all work together to create a thriving environment where industry, government and stakeholders come together to realise the positive outcomes tech can deliver.
Georgina is techUK’s Associate Director for Local Public Services
Georgina works with suppliers that are active or looking to break into the market as well as with local public services to create the conditions for meaningful transformation. techUK regularly bring together local public services and supplier community to horizon scan and explore how the technologies of today and tomorrow can help solve some of the most pressing problems our communities face and improve outcomes for our people and places.
Prior to techUK, Georgina worked for a public policy events company where she managed the policy briefing division and was responsible for generating new ideas for events that would add value to the public sector. Georgina worked across a number of portfolios from education, criminal justice, and health but had a particular interest in public sector transformation and technology. Georgina also led on developing relationships across central and local government.
If you’d like to learn more about techUK, or want to get involved, get in touch.
Programme Manager – Local Public Services and Nations and Regions, techUK
Luke Newcombe
Programme Manager – Local Public Services and Nations and Regions, techUK
Luke joined techUK in September 2025 as a Programme Manager for Local Public Services and Nations and Regions.
Luke works closely with members and stakeholders across industry and government at local, regional and national levels to support collaboration, drive innovation and strengthen tech-enabled public services. His work supports the development of strong local and regional tech economies by helping organisations to engage with public sector challenges, explore emerging technologies and build impactful partnerships.
Prior to joining techUK, Luke worked at Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government’s export development agency. He began by advising SMEs on export strategy to the UK and later focused on connecting Irish businesses with multinational organisations to foster strategic partnerships, drive international growth and support economic development.
Luke holds an MSc in Political Economy from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin.
Director Strategy and Digital Transformation, UK Public Sector, Capgemini Invent
Dia Nag is a senior digital leader with over 23 years of experience spanning publishing, media, gaming, consultancy and the UK public sector, including UK Government. She is currently Director of Digital at BetterGov, leading digital transformation across central and local government and higher education. Previously, Dia held senior roles at the Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service and Parliament. She established the Digital Directorate at the Cabinet Office. Alongside her professional work, Dia is a passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion and gender equity in technology. She founded and was Chair of the Women in Digital Network at the Cabinet Office, recognised as Women’s Network of the Year across UK government in 2024. Dia mentors women and girls in STEM, serves as Chair of techUK’s Local Public Services Council, and contributes to global communities including She Inspires, Women in Tech, UN Women UK and Hot Topics through thought leadership, conferences, keynote speaking, panel discussions and published insights. Her work has been recognised through awards including Women In Westminster 100 2026, She Inspires Impact Leaders 2026 & Women in Leadership, Girl Up Award 2025, Government Transformation 100 and Net Zero 50.
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