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Features

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Features Science, technology and research

How departments are using data analytics to combat fraud

Jim Dunton July 31, 2025
PublicTechnology looks at case studies from a recent National Audit Office investigation into the publicsector’s ongoing efforts to halt billions of pounds in losses through fraud and error Fraud and […]...
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HMRC Transformation Roadmap: New citizen services, more revenue and ‘cultural change’ across department

July 23, 2025

What next for the GOV.UK App?

July 3, 2025

Spending Review: How are departments planning to use tech to save billions?

June 26, 2025

An unstoppable force or an immovable object? Leaders discuss departments’ work with government’s digital centre

June 4, 2025

Opinion

5 Minutes
Business and industry Highlights Opinion

Procurement should be a bridge, not a barrier, to local SMEs

July 11, 2025

Failing to secure public trust could derail government’s AI agenda

April 22, 2025

Local government leaders must give permission and support to digital colleagues to create the right future

April 16, 2025

AI tools will transform the policy profession for the better

February 27, 2025

AI isn’t scary: Lessons from Ealing Council

February 11, 2025
8 Minutes
Features Highlights Science, technology and research

Comprehensive coverage vs dimensions of uncertainty – the complicated world of ‘AI-enriched intelligence’

Sam Trendall May 3, 2024 12 Comments on Comprehensive coverage vs dimensions of uncertainty – the complicated world of ‘AI-enriched intelligence’
Artificial intelligence offers unprecedented opportunities for security professionals to analyse material, but such potential is accompanied by major challenges and unknowns, according to a report from the Alan Turing Institute […]...
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4 Minutes
News Society and welfare

DWP minister pledges processing improvements this year as some benefits missed targets on 96% of claims in FY24

Sam Trendall May 3, 2024 5 Comments on DWP minister pledges processing improvements this year as some benefits missed targets on 965 of claims in FY24
Pensions minister Paul Maynard claims that the department’s processing performance improved in 2023/24 – although many benefit lines still failed to meet targets for significant proportions of claimants, statistics have […]...
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