February 20, 2026

3 Minutes

Agriculture and rural affairs Environment News

Environment Agency plans drone-fleet upgrade to combat waste crime

Jim Dunton February 20, 2026

Remotely piloted aircraft will be fitted with laser-mapping technology that allows for the creation of highly detailed records of illegal dumping sites as part of a £5m enforcement budget boost […]...

DSIT examines how ‘AI voice tech could significantly improve citizen’s experience’

Sam Trendall February 20, 2026

The digital department wishes to connect with firms that could potentially offer technology to form the backbone of generative tools to be used across government service helplines for the public […]...

Scottish Government takes start-up accelerator around the world

PublicTechnology staff February 20, 2026

Following a trial voyage to California, a programme through which state funding is used to support innovative young companies is to hit the US east coast, and multiple Asian locations […]...

PublicTechnology

February 20, 2026

Environment Agency plans drone-fleet upgrade to combat waste crime

DSIT examines how ‘AI voice tech could significantly improve citizen’s experience’

Scottish Government takes start-up accelerator around the world

Government risks ‘doing the wrong thing efficiently’, civil servants warn in new research

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Beyond the iron fist: What civil servants say will really cut Whitehall waste

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