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This is the second release from The State of AI in Britain 2026, our national survey of 2,000 UK adults. Our last post looked at how ready the country feels about AI. This time, we go underneath the national averages, into how the picture shifts by gender and age.

University AI pilots can prove what is possible, but lasting value requires more than isolated experiments. Explore why pilots stall, the capabilities universities need to scale AI responsibly, and how a clear operating model can turn experimentation into institutional transformation.

The hardest part of reaching safe and legal in LGR is not the work you can see, but the work you would never think to look for. That knowledge already exists.

ICS.AI has secured its largest-ever G-Cloud presence, with 319 AI solutions live on G-Cloud 15 across local government, health, education, blue light and central government - up from 46 on G-Cloud 14.

Solihull Council has appointed ICS.AI to deliver a 24-week AI Transformation Discovery programme, identifying AI opportunities and business cases across key council services.

Ask a generic AI about your late-submission policy, and it'll answer confidently, and sometimes completely wrongly, because it's working from memory, not your actual documents. Here's why that happens, why it matters for HE and FE, and what "grounding" actually fixes.

New ICS.AI research finds 58% of Britons think the UK is unprepared for AI's economic impact. ICS.AI calls for a national Sovereign AI Charter.

New research from ICS.AI: 2,000 UK adults on AI at work, in public services and the economy. Most say Britain isn't moving fast enough - read the full report.

Every reorganisation begins by building a picture of what the councils hold. Building it is not the hard part. Keeping it true is. Why the baseline should be kept, not rebuilt.

Inside ICS.AI's July Company Day in Nottingham - strategy, growth, a guest speaker from DSIT, and why in-person days matter for a remote-first public sector AI company.

The Government has decided 19 of 21 areas. Safe and legal is achievable; financial viability is the harder question, and the clock is already running.

Reflections from LGA Annual Conference 2026 in Bournemouth: how local government's AI conversation moved from whether to how, and why councils want better.

Disaggregation is the biggest financial risk in LGR. Why splitting the big people services decides day-one viability, and how to make the split defensible.

As much as 85% of LGR programme capacity goes on manual admin. Our CEO in Public Sector Focus on why reorganisation needs a redesigned operating model.

Six of nine early-wave councils needed Exceptional Financial Support. Why LGR viability lags safe and legal, and what changes it. Watch the webinar on demand.

New ICS.AI poll: 1 in 4 council professionals aren't confident their authority will be viable on Vesting Day, with service disruption the top LGR risk.

Derby City Council has been awarded Highly Commended in the AI Innovation in Local Government category at the MJ Awards 2026, recognising its pioneering organisation-wide AI transformation programme.

Derby City Council was recognised as a finalist in both the Innovation and Digital Impact categories at the LGC Awards 2026, securing Bronze in Digital Impact for its pioneering AI transformation programme.

93% of students already use AI, but little of it belongs to the institution. How a unified AI Front Door puts schools and colleges back in control.

Local government is facing unprecedented financial, workforce and service delivery pressures. In a recent DigiGov Podcast episode, former council Chief Executive and ICS.AI Director Dwayne Johnson shared why AI is becoming a critical tool for councils seeking to improve citizen outcomes, address workforce shortages and modernise service delivery without compromising trust, governance or human oversight.