Understand the dependency
Why proprietary services can make switching providers difficult, and what that means for procurement, resilience and public spending.
United Kingdom Digital sovereignty
Sovereignty
in practice.
How the UK can create
secure public services
How can the UK strengthen control over its digital infrastructure without replacing everything it already runs? This paper explores a practical approach to reducing cloud lock-in, with lessons from public services in Germany.
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Control starts
with architecture.
Keep infrastructure choices open
How the Virtual Cloud Provider approach separates applications from underlying infrastructure, helping organisations retain choice over where they run.
Learn from public services in practice
Lessons from GovTech Deutschland and MEDI:CUS, and their relevance to digital government and healthcare in the UK.
The UK opportunity
A practical path to
sovereign public services.
The paper argues that greater sovereignty does not require abandoning US infrastructure wholesale. Instead, it examines how a portable software layer can reduce structural dependence on any one provider.
It connects this approach to the UK's National Cloud and Infrastructure Programme and the digitisation of health services.
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