IEA - Foreign aid spent in regions richer than parts of Britain, new IEA briefing reveals
UK taxpayers have been funding projects in wealthy areas of China, Mexico, and Malaysia within the last five years.
Updated: Wed Aug 21 2024
IFS responds to the latest public finance figures
Analysis of today's figures on day-to-day spending by central government.
Updated: Wed Aug 21 2024
Meet the Unsung Heroes of the Networks Infrastructure Team
Networks infrastructure is part of the Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations team (DISO), which is responsible for the Network, Cloud, Cyber Security and Voice and Video Services across the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) estate. In this blog, three members of ...
Updated: Wed Aug 21 2024
New technology will help prevent the sale of adulterated honey
Research projects have developed fresh ways to detect sugar syrup adulteration in honey and uncover fake products.
Updated: Wed Aug 21 2024
Robecca: AI ethics in action
She helps shape the defence and security landscape with her work on the ethics, law and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Updated: Wed Aug 21 2024
IEA - Rent controls do far more harm than good, comprehensive review finds
The overview highlights the academic consensus on harmful consequences.
Updated: Mon Aug 19 2024
NEF: Two thirds of flights from London City airport could have been completed by train
New analysis published as Labour government is due to make final on airport's expansion plans.
Updated: Mon Aug 19 2024
IFS - Cheaper grocery products rose in price much faster than more expensive products between 2021 and 2023
New IFS research shows that the prices of cheaper brands of food, drink and other grocery products rose much faster than more expensive varieties.
Updated: Fri Aug 16 2024
Combining AI and content design to extract insights from service assessment reports
How do we make sure that a Large Language Model (LLM) understands a task, and completes it as accurately as possible? If you've experimented yourself, or read the advice of major LLM providers (such as these guides from Anthropic, Google, ...
Updated: Wed Aug 14 2024
IEA - Inflation figures show Bank of England has been too slow to cut rates
Andrew Lilico, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs comments on July's inflation figures which show a 0.2 percentage point increase in the rate of inflation to 2.2%
Updated: Wed Aug 14 2024
IFS - Cheapflation and the rise of inflation inequality
Using household scanner data for fast-moving consumer goods, we show that this was accompanied by historically high rates of inflation inequality.
Updated: Wed Aug 14 2024
AI in public safety and criminal justice SME survey
The AI sub-group is currently looking into the different innovative AI technologies in the criminal justice and blue lights space, and we need your input!
Updated: Tue Aug 13 2024
NIST publishes Post-Quantum Encryption Standards
Today, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published three out of its four expected Post Quantum Cryptography Standards which address the emerging security challenges posed by quantum computing.
Updated: Tue Aug 13 2024
Delivering at pace: introducing Common Tools as a Service
For the past few months, an MHCLG Digital team has been working on a new initiative called Common Tools as a Service (CTaaS), which is set to become an expanding area of MHCLG Digital. This blog talks about the progress and work that has emerged from MHCLG Digital's previous experiences and lessons learned in building services at pace and scale.
Updated: Mon Aug 12 2024
Event Roundup: Digital Public Contact Pre Market Engagement
The National Police Chief's Council (NPCC) Digital Public Contact (DPC) Programme supports the ongoing operation and development of Single Online Home (SOH), a national capability providing websites and other digital public services for 41 police forces.
Updated: Mon Aug 12 2024
Trophy hunting ban undermines African conservation efforts, warns new IEA paper
African leaders, including the President of Botswana, have argued that the proposal is colonialist.
Updated: Mon Aug 12 2024
AUKUS takes another step forward with real-time AI trials
AUKUS nations test AI-enabled uncrewed aerial vehicles that allow a human operator to locate, disable and destroy targets on the ground.
Updated: Fri Aug 09 2024
Government announce funding for AI projects to improve productivity of public services
On Wednesday 7 August, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced plans to improve public services by using cutting-edge technology.
Updated: Fri Aug 09 2024
Kings Fund - Rocky path ahead before the NHS is back on its feet
Danielle Jefferies, Senior Analyst at The King's Fund, commented on the latest monthly NHS performance data
Updated: Fri Aug 09 2024
Meteors galore and a planetary conjunction: the night sky in August 2024
This month brings one of the best meteor showers of the year, an opportunity to see a conjunction of Mars and Jupiter and the chance to see our Moon pass in front of Saturn.
Updated: Fri Aug 09 2024
Government announce funding for AI projects to improve productivity of public services
By supporting 98 AI projects worth a projected £32 million, the government plan to improve the delivery of services across the country.
Updated: Thu Aug 08 2024
IEA - Chancellor should tread carefully on fiscal rule changes
Julian Jessop, Economic Fellow and the Institute of Economic Affairs comments on reports that the Chancellor is planning to change the way in which public debt is measured to allow for more borrowing within existing fiscal rules
Updated: Thu Aug 08 2024
Drumming up talent for future telecoms
It's a sobering fact that in the UK, 60% of telecoms engineers are over the age of 50 and perhaps starting to dream of retirement.
Updated: Wed Aug 07 2024
Hearts, Minds and OSINT
How will new technologies transform states' ability to win and maintain the support and cooperation of local populations in conflict zones.
Updated: Wed Aug 07 2024
NCSC Funded Cyber Essentials Plus Scheme
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched a Funded Cyber Essentials Plus Programme to provide qualifying organisations with help to implement baseline security controls to prevent the most common types of cyber attack.
Updated: Wed Aug 07 2024