UK regulator for health products and services has established a new tech centre in West Yorkshire, with numerous roles up for grabs and hopes for further expansion in the future […]...
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AI could help with two-fifths of public sector workload, Turing study finds
New research from the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence finds that almost 50% of all tasks performed by central government officials could benefit from generative tools […]...
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MoD backs calls for AI to help thousands of backroom staff into frontline roles
Government has endorsed all calls set out in a recent review, including recommendations to reduce administrative and staff costs, while also investing in new defence technologies including automation and drones […]...
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MoD trails £1bn investment in cyber and drones
Government announces creation of tech and entities to adapt to a world in which ‘ways of warfare are rapidly changing, with the UK facing daily cyberattacks on this new frontline’ […]...
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Intelligence watchdog calls for better funding and less interference
A parliamentary statutory committee intended to monitor the state’s intelligence and security community has issued criticism related to a plateau in financial support and the removal of safeguards protecting independence […]...
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Spending review: Departments told to find 1% annual technical efficiency savings
With agencies across government offered a transformation fund to help promote agility and efficiency, the Treasury will expect evidence of being able to achieve the same outcomes with fewer resources […]...
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MoJ seeks people and capability chief to lead transformation and shared services
The ministry is advertising a vacant post at director general level with a remit of enabling reform of skills and systems, while serving as departmental SRO for £2.5bn tech programme […]...
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Starmer: ‘AI releases individuals to be more human’
The prime minister has appeared before his fellow MPs to discuss his plans for the use of new technology, in a conversation that touched on the dangers and the opportunities […]...
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Minister pegs potential automation savings at £36bn
The representative with responsibility for the future digital economy and online safety has provided parliamentary colleagues with insights into how government believes it can save billions of pounds through tech […]...
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Digital system to allow Treasury to track departments’ spending in real time
Government’s central finance agency has revealed plans to replace existing processes in which it gathers information on departments’ costs and performance management via the provision of spreadsheets or paper documents […]...
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