Transform your council's operations with LG Inform Plus
Empowering councils with data, information governance, and API solutions
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Data solutions for councils
LG Inform Plus provides UK councils with a powerful suite of tools designed to enhance data-driven decision-making, streamline information governance, and integrate seamlessly into your council’s digital systems through an advanced API.
These solutions support councils in improving service delivery, ensuring compliance, and driving efficiency in day-to-day operations.
Subscription
Learn more about our subscription, free tools to get started and pricing for different users
Training
We include online training in the use of all our tools to help you get started and make the most of LG Inform Plus
Help guide
Our help pages contain step-by-step guides
Data solutions
Local data and benchmarking
LG Inform Plus offers councils access to a vast array of datasets covering a wide range of local and regional metrics. These data solutions help you monitor performance, identify trends, and compare your council’s outcomes against other authorities.
Comprehensive local data
From demographic profiles to economic indicators, LG Inform Plus provides robust datasets that offer in-depth insights into your local communities. These datasets are invaluable for policy planning, service provision, and resource allocation.
Custom benchmarking
Benchmark your council's performance against other local authorities across the UK. Create tailored benchmarks and set meaningful performance targets, whether you're comparing housing, education, or health services.
Regular updates
Stay informed with datasets that are continually updated, ensuring that your decisions are based on the most current information available.
Information governance tools
Manage your data effectively
Information governance is a critical concern for councils, given the importance of data security and regulatory compliance. LG Inform Plus offers a suite of tools to support effective information governance, helping councils maintain data integrity and comply with UK data protection laws.
Metadata management
Keep track of data sources, usage permissions, and data ownership within your council. The platform enables streamlined management of metadata to ensure transparency and accountability.
Data protection and compliance
Ensure that your council's data handling processes are compliant with relevant UK legislation, including records retention, Information Assets Registers (IAR) and Records of Processing Activity (RoPA).
Secure data handling
LG Inform Plus is built with data security in mind, offering secure data storage and controlled access to sensitive information, allowing you to confidently manage personal and community data.
Choose the LG Inform Plus API
With easy access to local data, strong governance tools, and a versatile API, councils can leverage these solutions to deliver easy integration, optimise resources, and ensure data security.
- Full documentation
- Custom integrations
- Real-time data access
Full documentation
The LG Inform Plus API comes with comprehensive documentation, making it easy for your IT teams or external developers to set up and customise integrations that meet your council’s specific needs.
Custom integrations
The API is designed for seamless integration with your council’s existing platforms, including business intelligence tools, dashboards, and CRM systems. This flexibility ensures that your teams can access relevant data when and where they need it.
Real-time data access
The API provides live access to LG Inform Plus datasets, allowing councils to pull the most current data into their internal systems without manual intervention.
What our customers think of LG Inform Plus
LG Inform Plus offers councils access to a vast array of datasets covering a wide range of local and regional metrics. These data solutions help you monitor performance, identify trends, and compare your council’s outcomes against other authorities.
LG Inform Plus has saved us time and effort by removing duplication and the need to manually collect or update our data.
Leonard Wright
| Kent County Council
The API/data tool is quick and easy to use. It's rapid, consistent and reliable, retrieving a comprehensive range of indicators.
Si Chun Lam
| Coventry County Council
It’s a great tool and we are using it really innovatively to provide the benchmarking to our CEO team. It’s a great service!
Tom Dowler
| London Borough of Waltham Forest
Case studies
LG Inform Plus records retention guidance
LG Inform Plus offers records retention guidance, which saves councils time and money when developing their own records retention schedules. It guides councils on the types of records that could be kept for each service as well as for how long records should be kept.
View Case Study (PDF)Birmingham City Council - LG Inform API
This case study highlights the work that Birmingham City Council has undertaken using LG Inform Plus. This includes their use of the direct data feed Application Programable Interface (API) which allows them to view and download open data about local areas.
VIEW CASE STUDY (PDF)Why choose LG Inform Plus?
LG Inform Plus is tailored to meet the needs of UK councils, providing the data and tools to support informed decision-making, compliance, and operational efficiency.
With easy access to local data, strong governance tools, and a versatile API, councils can leverage these solutions to deliver better services, optimise resources, and ensure data security.
