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Apps on smartphones and on the web are helping to reduce the cost of delivering services to the taxpayer, according to a report by the Local Government Association (LGA).
The LGA report looked at how councils are using apps and other technologies to allow residents to do everything from reporting vandalism to finding out how clean a restaurant is.
The report cited a number of apps - along with other technological innovations within councils, such as using GPS tracking to provide real-time updates for bus timetables - for increasing productivity at local authorities to the tune of £230m.
One of the apps studied by the report's authors was Love Clean Streets (pictured above), which is available for Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile and as a web app. The app allows Londoners to easily report graffiti, vandalism and fly-tipping in their neighbourhood.
Residents can take a picture of the offending item using their phone's camera and then use the app to upload the picture, and a description of where it is, to the Love Clean Streets website, where it can be brought to the attention of the council.
The Love Clean Streets website and app can also be used to track how an environmental complaint is being dealt with by a local authority.
Love Clean Streets is inspired by a similar project called Love Lewisham, started by Lewisham Council.
You can find out more about the Love Clean Streets app here.
Caption by: Nick Heath
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