The public sector will face new pressures in 2022 and digital design will be key to their resolution. These challenges range from new austerity, post-Covid ‘catch up’, new partnership models, inclusion, and diversity, growing digital risks and public demands for sustainable and ‘green’ solutions.

Socitm's Public Sector Digital Trends 2022 report is distinct in that it firmly focuses on the public sector with an emphasis on place-based leadership around people, communities, and their environments.

From a political point of view, the report is important as it suggests that, in 2022 political leaders must be at the heart of digital planning – understanding how ‘digital’ affects policy delivery, risk management, equality, and service performance.