England/Technology

The Police Industry Charter: One Month On

Principle One recently signed up to the Police Industry Charter, a charter between policing and the tech industry which makes a commitment on both sides to a set of principles in the design and delivery of products and services into the policing market. The Charter has been universally welcomed across the industry and since its launch in March, we have been reflecting on what we can do to begin to fulfil the commitments made under it.

Updated: Wed Aug 07 2024

Civil Service Digital Secondments Programme

The Civil Service would love to hear from tech companies both large and small who can help shape the future of the UK's digital services.

Updated: Tue Aug 06 2024

Labours First Steps in Education: A Giant Leap in Curriculum and Assessment Reform?

What will a curriculum and assessment rethink mean for the place and pace of technology in education?

Updated: Tue Aug 06 2024

Call for Contributions: Distributed Cloud and Edge Computing

techUK is inviting members to contribute case studies to an upcoming paper highlighting the potential for distributed cloud and edge computing to help accelerate innovation and boost productivity in the UK.

Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024

IFG - Labours missions need a reformed spending review process

The approach taken in recent spending reviews is not up to the job of achieving Labour's missions, warns a new Institute for Government report

Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024

IFS - The 22bn black hole was obvious to anyone who dared to look

"Frankly, nobody comes out of this smelling of roses". Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024

JRF response to rioting and violence around the UK

Joseph Rowntree Foundation Chief Executive Paul Kissack responds to reports of rioting and violence in towns and cities around the UK

Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024

The Kings Fund responds to the GP funding announcement and GP ballot results

Alex Baylis, Co-Director of Policy at The King's Fund, commented on the announcement of funding to recruit more GPs, and the results of the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot for GPs to take collective action

Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024

Digital technology is central to delivering new governments Neighbourhood Health Service, finds The Kings Fund

Focusing on digital technology can be a key enabler to help deliver the unrealised ambition of moving care closer to home and help the new government achieve its vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service', finds a new independent report by The King's Fund, commissioned by Nourish.

Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024

IFS - Compared to other countries, England is bad at building homes in areas with rising demand

While growth in the number of houses in England has kept pace with growth in the adult population since the mid-1990s, there has been a mismatch between where homes are built and where they are needed.

Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024

UK SPF Invitation to Tender: AI for spectrum management

The Forum's open calls for commissioned research are a fantastic opportunity to work with us and explore potential frameworks that advance spectrum policy debates. The UK SPF focused this year's second commissioning call on exploring potential use cases of AI techniques for spectrum management in th UK environment.

Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024

Debunking 5 product management myths

Megha Jain, Head of Product, applies her superpowers to bust 5 myths surrounding the product-centric approach in IT infrastructure and operations.

Updated: Thu Aug 01 2024

IEA - Childhood malnourishment could rise sharply under government calorie-cutting plans, finds new IEA study

If the government's efforts to reduce calories in processed food through reformulation are successful, it could lead to more underweight children or higher grocery bills.

Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024

IPPR - Revealed: Hidden annual cost of employee sickness is up 30 billion since 2018

Rising workplace sickness is costing UK businesses billions every year, according to a new report by IPPR.

Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024

The UK and India sign a new Technology and Security Initiative What does it mean for the UK tech sector?

Last week, the Prime Ministers of India and the United Kingdom signed an inaugural 'Technology Security Initiative' (TSI).

Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024

Four policy actions to support the UKs Automated Vehicles sector

techUK has collaborated with the SMMT to recommend four policy actions the new Government should take to support the UK's Automated Vehicles sector.

Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024

New Agreement on Electronic Commerce finalised at the WTO

On 26 July, the first global baseline deal on digital trade has been agreed at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. The Joint Statement Initiative Co-Convenors have announced the end of the negotiations on the “Agreement on Electronic Commerce”.

Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024

UK government announces re-start of trade negotiations and launch of trade strategy

On 29 July, the UK government has announced it is pressing ahead with trade negotiations with a number of key partners, including notably India and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024

Ofcom update: Improving access to shared spectrum at a local level

A number of updates from Ofcom have been shared ahead of the summer break.

Updated: Mon Jul 29 2024

Putting AI at the heart of Governments agenda: UK Government appoints AI expert Matt Clifford to produce AI Opportunitie

Read more about the Government's announcement.

Updated: Mon Jul 29 2024

DRCF: The Future of Digital Identity

The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) brings together four UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Office of Communications (Ofcom), the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver an agile and coherent approach to digital regulation for the benefit of people and businesses.

Updated: Fri Jul 26 2024

Technology

The Police Industry Charter: One Month On

Civil Service Digital Secondments Programme

Labours First Steps in Education: A Giant Leap in Curriculum and Assessment Reform?

Call for Contributions: Distributed Cloud and Edge Computing

IFG - Labours missions need a reformed spending review process

IFS - The 22bn black hole was obvious to anyone who dared to look

JRF response to rioting and violence around the UK

The Kings Fund responds to the GP funding announcement and GP ballot results

Digital technology is central to delivering new governments Neighbourhood Health Service, finds The Kings Fund

IFS - Compared to other countries, England is bad at building homes in areas with rising demand

UK SPF Invitation to Tender: AI for spectrum management

Debunking 5 product management myths

IEA - Childhood malnourishment could rise sharply under government calorie-cutting plans, finds new IEA study

IPPR - Revealed: Hidden annual cost of employee sickness is up 30 billion since 2018

The UK and India sign a new Technology and Security Initiative What does it mean for the UK tech sector?

Four policy actions to support the UKs Automated Vehicles sector

New Agreement on Electronic Commerce finalised at the WTO

UK government announces re-start of trade negotiations and launch of trade strategy

Ofcom update: Improving access to shared spectrum at a local level

Putting AI at the heart of Governments agenda: UK Government appoints AI expert Matt Clifford to produce AI Opportunitie

DRCF: The Future of Digital Identity

Regulatory update: Multilateral statement sets out principles for protecting competition in the AI ecosystem

IFS - 320,000 people pushed into poverty because of mortgage interest rate rises

Nearly 50 million unlocked for world-leading UK Biobank following new industry backing

Pursuing Professional Development in Justice Digital