10 Ways Councils Are Using AI to Transform Public Services
Councils are increasingly adopting AI-based solutions to improve services. LocalGov Assistant editor Izzy Lepone has collected 10 innovative case studies.
Council urged to cancel Marilyn Manson gig
24/06/2025 Brighton & Hove Council has been urged by the local MP to use its influence to cancel an upcoming gig by Marilyn Manson due to allegations of sexual assault by the singer. |
Council to honour ‘Birmingham legends’ Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah
22/01/2025 Birmingham City Council is set to honour the members of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and posthumously award a medal to poet and campaigner Benjamin Zephaniah. |
Oasis gigs to boost council's budget
05/12/2024 Manchester City Council is set to make £375,000 from performances at Heaton Park next year, including Oasis’s reunion gigs. |
Festival launches for borough’s birthday bash
08/11/2024 The Knowsley Music Festival will kick off today to celebrate the Merseyside borough’s 50th anniversary. |
Bradford leadership survives vote amid £50m venue criticism
16/10/2024 The leadership of Bradford Council has survived a vote of no confidence amid criticism over its handling of the £50.5m publicly funded venue, Bradford Live. |
Edinburgh council celebrates ‘spectacular’ Eras Tour welcome
11/06/2024 The City of Edinburgh Council has paid tribute to fans, residents, transport services and staff after Taylor Swift’s global tour descended on the city at the weekend. |
Liverpool to transform into ‘Taylor Town’ to welcome Eras Tour star
22/05/2024 Fans descending on Liverpool for Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour will receive a ‘proper scouse welcome’, with events dedicated to the pop icon. |
£101m boost for new music hubs
08/05/2024 A ‘new generation’ of music hubs will receive £101m to provide music education to young people across England. |
Brixton Academy to reopen after fatal crush
05/03/2024 Brixton Academy will open next month for the first time since two people died in a crowd crush in December 2022. |
Liverpool hands over Eurovision key
31/01/2024 Liverpool has officially handed over the symbolic key to Eurovision during a ceremony in Sweden. |
Bradford Live ready for 2024 opening
15/12/2023 Bradford Live has announced that it will be opening its doors for its launch season in autumn 2024. |
£240m venue launches with Danny Boyle extravaganza
19/10/2023 Four years late and significantly over budget, a new cultural arena opened in Manchester yesterday with an immersive performance directed by Danny Boyle. |
Restoration of ‘pipes fit for a queen’ underway
04/09/2023 The historic decorative pipes of the organ in Leeds Town Hall, which were seen by Queen Victoria in 1858, are being restored to their original design. |
Dartfort BC unveils Rolling Stones statues
10/08/2023 Visitors to Dartford will now be greeted by a bronze statues celebrating the borough’s most famous rock legends, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. |
Eurovision and the importance of culture
04/07/2023 Claire McColgan, director of Culture Liverpool, discusses the role of culture in place making, the topic of her talk today at the LGA annual conference. |
Rapping returning officer drops voter ID track
14/04/2023 South Norfolk Council has dropped a new rap video to remind residents to take photo ID with them when they vote in the upcoming local elections. |
Liverpool and Glasgow final contenders to host Eurovision
28/09/2022 Liverpool and Glasgow councils have welcomed the announcement that both cities are the remaining two contenders to host Eurovision 2023. |
Music venues first recipients of £1.57bn recovery fund
24/08/2020 Grassroots music venues across England are the first recipients of the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, the culture secretary has announced. |
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Whitehall promises £85m ‘culture boost’ after decade of school cuts
03/01/2020 The Government has committed to investing millions of pounds into film, dance, theatre and design lessons and facilities for secondary school children. |
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MSPs urge councils to provide free music lessons
22/01/2019 Local authorities have been urged not to charge for music tuition in schools, in a new report published by MSPs. |
