Amidst the UK’s digital government restructuring, long-time public sector digital transformation consultant Emily Middleton has taken up the role of clarifying the vision and strategy of the UK’s new digital centre. The United Kingdom is seeing a restructuring of its digital government bodies following the Labour Party’s victory in the 2024 elections. Image: Canva Former Public Digital partner, Emily Middleton, will take the lead in redesigning the United Kingdom’s (UK) approach to digital government as Director-General, Digital Centre, following the restructuring of the country’s digital government architecture. In early July, the newly-elected Labour government announced significant reforms to the UK’s digital government. As part of the reforms, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) will consolidate three key digital government bodies, namely the Government Digital Service, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), and the Incubator for AI (i.AI), to support the digital transformation of public services. In a LinkedIn post announcing her new role, Middleton shared that she will be leading the design of “the new digital centre” of the UK government on a temporary basis, alongside other digital government leaders. The new leadership will be exploring the next bound for the UK’s digital government over the […]