As the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill completes its passage in the House of Lords and enters the House of Commons, techUK sets out our members' views on the key areas for improvement.
The government has responded to last Spring's call for views on software resilience and security for businesses and organisations which sought views on: the range of risks linked to software; what was already being done to manage the associated risks; and what further action government would be most effective at taking to drive improvements.
I was recently fortunate enough to visit HMP Highpoint to see a fully operational 'Prison Industry' digital workshop, where old or end-of-life printers are taken to be dismantled and recycled. HMP Highpoint is a category C training and resettlement prison, ...
Learn more about how Innovate UK and techUK have collaborated on driving innovation.
Update on the doctoral focal and landscape awards, core offer and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) doctoral recruitment guidance.
The Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) open data service has been improved incrementally over the years. Another round of improvements has been applied in January 2024 and you can read about it in this post.
Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, responds to last week's data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on life expectancy for local areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001-03 to 2020-22:
Yesterday, the Government launched a new AI Opportunity Forum which aims to ramp up adoption of AI in the private sector.
Our programme of 2024 general election work begins, with the need for parties to be honest about the tough trade-offs they inevitably have to make.
Policy alignment between government departments will reduce costs for businesses
Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, responded to the latest NHS workforce data
UK universities supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) will advance pioneering research into physics' biggest questions.
On Thursday 11 January 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority published their provisional approach to implement the new Digital Markets competition regime. The approach came in response to a Government letter requesting the plan sent on 4 January. techUK welcomed this as an opportunity to provide additional clarity for the regime, which techUK and our members had called for.
New guidelines published to help directors and business leaders boost their resilience against cyber threats.
How does the ethnicity mix of NHS doctors compare with wider populations? How does it differ by seniority, gender, specialty and country of training?
Learn about Innovate UK's long-term vision for the UK and how industry engage to make this a reality.
New analysis in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) flagship UK Poverty report quantifies for the first time how many thousands of pounds are needed by families to escape poverty - and how that has got worse over time. It is now 20 years and 6 prime ministers since there was a sustained fall in poverty.
A stark divide in health and wealth throughout the UK is leaving many ‘bad health blackspots' sicker and poorer than their neighbours, according to the third interim report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity.
Addressing the urgency of industrial decarbonisation is crucial, and there is a key role for technology to play. Whether it's enhanced automation to reduce energy waste and improve efficiency in industrial operations, data analytics to help industry monitor and optimise resource use, or innovative technology for the development of low-carbon materials.
The Government's latest framework for the application of generative AI across various government departments aims to establish a unified and responsible approach to the technology's safe, responsible, and effective use in government.
A military laser which could boost the UK Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.
Guest blog by Samer Madfouni, Principal Data & AI Leader - EMEA Public Sector at AWS.
The government heavily subsidises dirty and expensive wood chip burning despite net zero goal.
As more people head to the polls in 2024 than in any previous year, what is the potential impact of deepfakes and disinformation on elections?
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market Institute of Economic Affairs comments on the news that the inflation rate rose unexpectedly to four per cent in December
