Weeknotes w/e 5 June 2026
Updates from DDaT projects including OneDrive user adoption, frontline services, regulatory services, data governance purview pilot, workplace experience, people services and technology and infrastructure.
Digital Luton
A blog about all things digital at Luton Council
Digital Luton
A blog about all things digital at Luton Council
Read moreWeeknotes w/e 5 June 2026
Bringing DDaT teams together: highlights from our June Quarterly Connect
In addition to our DDaT away days, the whole of Luton's DDaT service gets together in person for our Quarterly Connect sessions. At its core, the session was about something simple but powerful: building a more connected, collaborative and high-performing digital community across the council.
Sprint 3: Luton’s digital platform
In my last post, I wrote about how our new digital platform supports our Luton 2040 vision and why it matters. This update is about the progress we made in sprint 3 to make that platform more visible, more consistent and more ready for testing.
Weeknotes w/c 26 May 2026
Skills, work experience and graduates were a focus for our director this week, along with potential plans for a mayoral authority. Read other updates on our projects across DDaT and Luton Council.
Building a platform that supports Luton 2040
Find out how our new digital platform supports our Luton 2040 vision - that Luton will be a healthy, fair and sustainable town where everyone can thrive, and no one lives in poverty.
Weeknotes 18 May 2026
Another week of exciting updates for DDaT Luton, from a bid to be the UK's first Civica AI infrastructure site to more development of our low code platform.
End of Sprint 1: bringing Liberty Create to life for Luton’s CRM and digital services
A month ago, we were laying the rails by agreeing patterns, shaping standards, and getting ready for delivery. Now the Liberty Create platform is up and running and we’ve just reached the end of Sprint 1.
Weeknotes 5 May 2026
Awesome overall customer satisfaction score of 94.44% in April!! Plus weeknotes from our director and all DDaT projects, from OneDrive user adoption to low code and web.
How DDAT supports inspections through DUCKS
When a Children’s Ofsted inspection lands, the pressure is immediate. While frontline practice takes centre stage, there’s a huge amount happening behind the scenes to keep services running smoothly. That’s where DDAT comes in.
Weeknotes 27 April 2026
On top of the usual action, DDaT received inspiring feedback this week! "We are changing the culture and services are coming to us for all sorts of tech now." Which made us feel like we're getting it right ✅
From the Digital desk: we went live (and what it really took)
March summary – deeper dive edition If you missed it, here’s the moment the new Luton Council website launched: ‘We are live!‘ After months of planning, content sprints, SME workshops and a lot of ‘work backwards from the date’ energy,…
Weeknotes w/c 20 April 2026
A summary of all the action from Luton's DDaT service last week.
Building the foundations for Luton’s CRM and our new digital services
Luton’s DDaT service has chosen Netcall as our low-code development platform provider. Liberty Create is the development platform we’ll use to build the Luton CRM.
Introducing Joe Bedingfield – Strategic Technical Advisor, DDaT
It seems Luton is the place to be! We have yet another DDaT newbie - Joe bring a wealth of local gov experience and is a great addition to a great team 😊
Sprintnotes 6 April 2026
A lighter week due to Easter, but Luton's DDaT service still made significant progress!
Digital inclusion in Luton
Our aim is to increase digital inclusion in Luton. Find out how we plan to empower our residents and improve lives through better access and support for digital.
Luton DDAT takes Microsoft Copilot for a spin
A group of us from Luton’s DDaT service visited Microsoft’s London headquarters to experience 'App to the Future' with the Microsoft AI team.
Sprintnotes 27 March 2026
Find out what what progess Luton's DDaT service made last week, with updates on projects like our website replacement, OneDrive adoption and more.
📢 We are live!
It’s been a surreal entry into local government delivering this project, and I’m genuinely excited to start seeing real engagement now the new website is live.
Introducing Nicola Egan – Head of Innovation, Delivery and Data
The latest recruit to DDaT in our mini-series, Nicola has a wealth of experience in local government and, more specifically, DDaT transformation.