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.
Digital Luton
A blog about all things digital at Luton Council
Digital Luton
A blog about all things digital at Luton Council
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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.
A meeting of DDaT minds
Another DDaT away day, another celebration of progress, positivity, transformation and camaraderie. I think we all came away with a warm feeling of hope, based on our current projects and future plans 🕊️
Book review: Living Council
Living Council author: Jens Gemmel von Dollinger. I met Jens at the LGPN South conference back in November and, having spent a good portion of the day chatting about all things local gov, I failed to realise he was the…
From the Digital desk: progress in motion
February summary Last month really felt like things were starting to get real for me. Once you have a date to work backwards from, you start filling in the days and weeks with actions, and very quickly you realise you…
Introducing James Bovington – Service Manager, Principal Developer
Another new recruit to DDaT - James Bovington is our new Principal Developer. On top of the usual first week admin, James has been making plans. And lucid diagrams!
Introducing Kevin Rowe – Head of Digital Development
Kevin has joined our DDaT service. Read about his experience so far and what his plans are to help shape Luton Council's digital ecosystem.