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How digital and green technologies are poised to deliver sustainable economic growth for the UK

techUK's Digital Economy blog series where we deep dive into defining trends across the tech sector.

Updated: Tue Jun 04 2024

IFG - The next government must end begging bowl culture of local growth funding

Central government's over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth, warns a new Institute for Government report.

Updated: Mon Jun 03 2024

IFS - Past 15 years have been worst for income growth in generations

Weak income growth - widespread for richer and poorer people, older and younger people - has been with us since the Great Recession.

Updated: Mon Jun 03 2024

CSJ - Punish the perpetrators of modern slavery, not the victims

Once a global leader in the fight against modern slavery, in recent years the UK has made significant steps backwards by confusing modern slavery with organized immigration crime, punishing victims for their immigration status and letting traffickers off scot-free.

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

EU Digital ID Regulation mandates Member States to provide Digital Identity Wallets for Citizens

A new boost for Digital ID in Europe

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

How could Britain build the next tech giants?

techUK's Digital Economy blog series where we deep dive into defining trends across the tech sector.

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

JRF - Politicians must urgently address relentless reality of hardship as 7 million households continue to go without es

New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows the relentless reality of years-long hardship for low-income families, with almost 5 million households finding themselves having to cut back on showers. Those on the lowest incomes, over 5 million households, have continued to go hungry, skip meals and cut back on food.

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

techUK announces new Scale-Up Council

techUK has elected a new Scale-Up Council and we're delighted to have such a great calibre of individuals and organisations represented.

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

techUK to visit Washington D.C. for Strategic Engagement

Showcasing our commitment to bolstering transatlantic technology relations, techUK's CEO, Julian David, and Associate Director for International Policy and Trade, Sabina Ciofu, are scheduled to visit Washington D.C. from 3 to 5 June, 2024.

Updated: Fri May 31 2024

Publication of the McPartland Review of Cyber Security and Economic Growth

The Rt Hon Stephen McPartland MP has independently published his review on Cyber Security and Economic Growth.

Updated: Thu May 30 2024

A new triple locked personal allowance for pensioners?

Re-introducing a higher pensioner personal allowance would be another example of the Conservatives reversing a recent Conservative Chancellor's policy

Updated: Wed May 29 2024

IPPR reacts to Labours plans to cut NHS waiting lists

Chris Thomas, head of IPPR's cross-party Commission on Health and Prosperity reacting to Labour's announcement of their plans to cut NHS waiting lists

Updated: Wed May 29 2024

National security emerges as early priority for the Conservative and Labour Parties in the election campaign

As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer hit the campaign trails last week, both emphasised the importance of protecting the UK's national security as a top priority for their respective party's plans.

Updated: Wed May 29 2024

Richest 0.1% in Britain emit 12 times more greenhouse gases from transport than average person

New analysis by IPPR reveals how the climate crisis is fuelled by a few ultra-wealthy individuals in Britain.

Updated: Wed May 29 2024

techUK and Green Digital Skills , Green Software and GreenOps

techUK is asking members to get involved with a new focus area on so called 'GreenOps', a topic that has come up more and more recently. This is an open ended ask and we're keen to get members involved if they have developed ‘green ops', embedded the green software foundation principles in to practice, or specifically looked at green digital skills.

Updated: Wed May 29 2024

Technology

How digital and green technologies are poised to deliver sustainable economic growth for the UK

IFG - The next government must end begging bowl culture of local growth funding

IFS - Past 15 years have been worst for income growth in generations

CSJ - Punish the perpetrators of modern slavery, not the victims

EU Digital ID Regulation mandates Member States to provide Digital Identity Wallets for Citizens

How could Britain build the next tech giants?

JRF - Politicians must urgently address relentless reality of hardship as 7 million households continue to go without es

techUK announces new Scale-Up Council

techUK to visit Washington D.C. for Strategic Engagement

Publication of the McPartland Review of Cyber Security and Economic Growth

A new triple locked personal allowance for pensioners?

IPPR reacts to Labours plans to cut NHS waiting lists

National security emerges as early priority for the Conservative and Labour Parties in the election campaign

Richest 0.1% in Britain emit 12 times more greenhouse gases from transport than average person

techUK and Green Digital Skills , Green Software and GreenOps

The Kings Fund - Accident and emergency AE waiting times

The Kings Fund responds to the Labour Partys plan to clear the NHS backlog

Data Protection and Digital Information Bill falls ahead of the UK General Election

Open Letter to the Secretary of State: Using the National Semiconductor Institute to become a Semiconductor leader

Public Services Board: AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector

Car journeys up while bus and bicycle journeys down shows UK travelling in wrong direction, says IPPR

Day 1 at VivaTech | techUK member delegation to VivaTech Paris

IPPR - Falling inflation should encourage Bank of England to cut interest rates, says IPPR

IPPR responds to migration statistics

Ofcom releases vision for sharing the Upper 6GHz band