Technology

IfGs annual Whitehall stocktake reveals impact of political turbulence on civil service performance

How political turmoil has contributed to record levels of staff turnover and declining morale in the civil service.

Inspired by nature: chance to collaborate on underwater technology

Funding from NavyX and Dstl will back PhD programmes researching new methods of underwater propulsion and design, taking cues from the natural world.

New OEP Report: Environment in England remains under serious threat

Report sets out recommendations to get England back on track with its environmental targets

Report: UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022

Take IMF forecasts with a fistful of salt, says IEA economist

Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs commented on the International Monetary Fund's forecast that the UK economy will shrink by 0.6 per cent in 2023

Be part of the techUK Local Digital Capital Index Working Group

We are inviting techUK members to apply for a position to sit on the Local Digital Capital Index Working Group and get involved in the creation of the third edition of the Index which we will publish later in this year.

Digital skills scheme for veterans backed by 6 techUK members

Tech sector firms including Capita, Northrop Grumman, Atos, Leonardo UK, Fujitsu and Leidos are supporting the 15,000 Futures initiative created by WithYouWithMe to support veterans into tech sector jobs

DLUHC Housing and Planning Minister visits Buckinghamshire Council to see new Digital Planning software in action

DLUHC's Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer, visited Buckinghamshire Council on the 26 January to learn more about Buckinghamshire's experience of being part of the Open Digital Planning (ODP) project, demo new user-centred Digital Planning services and hear more about the council's wider ideas for streamlining the planning system as part of the department's Digital Planning Programme.

IPPR responds to BBC review of impartiality in coverage of tax, spending and public debt

Carys Roberts, executive director of IPPR responds to the BBC's review assessing whether due impartiality is being achieved across its coverage of taxation and public spending, and whether a breadth of voices and viewpoints are being reflected

Register for 2023 Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference

Dstl will host the 25th CWD Conference, bringing together international experts and promoting collaboration to achieve a future free from chemical weapons.

The next few years risk giving us a very unlucky generation of workers

The early 1980s were not a good time to be coming out of school or college. Nor was the period between 2008 and 2010. These were deep recessions and in recessions it is hard for young people to get good jobs.

Government must move faster on economic reform, says IEA policy expert

Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's speech outlining the government's economic priorities

IFG - The governments NHS crisis response is likely too little and too late for this winter.

The government's emergency measures to support the NHS will likely be too little and too late to solve this winter's crisis, warns a new Institute for Government paper.

IFS - Scottish Government faces major medium- and long-term budget challenges

New analysis by IFS researchers shows the stark funding challenges facing the Scottish Government, and the public services it is responsible for, over the next five years and beyond.

IPPR responds to the Sunday Times Tax List

Dr George Dibb, head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR, responded to the latest Sunday Times Tax List

Quantum Computing in Energy Utilities Day

This campaign day will be focusing on the opportunities for quantum computing applications in the energy and utilities sector. We will uncover its potential, viability, and challenges.

Research agency supporting high risk, high reward research formally established

Science Minister George Freeman yesterday announces the formal establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) as an independent body.

Climate change conference addresses future needs in defence

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has hosted its first dlimate change event focusing on sustainability and climate security for defence.

Dstl and DASA research underpins Royal Navy maritime autonomy

Defence research organisations have played a key role in the funding and technical partnering of maritime autonomous systems (MAS).

Heart-breaking and wrong that a million children under 4 growing up in poverty - JRF

Almost 3 in 10 children in families, where the youngest child is aged under five (28%) or primary school age between 5 and 10 years (29%), have experienced poverty and many will continue to experience hardship during the cost of living crisis.

IFS - The overall funding outlook

This chapter looks at the Scottish government's funding outlook in the short term (2022-23 and 2023-24), medium term (2024-25 to 2027-28) and beyond.

IPPR - State of the North: North of England experiencing lowest investment of advanced economies, but levelling up is po

Major report shows that if the North were a country, it would be second only to Greece for the lowest levels of investment in the OECD

The Kings Fund responds to the latest statistics from NHS Digital on the general practice

Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund responds to the latest statistics from NHS Digital on the general practice workforce and general practice appointments

A UK Plan for Chips

The UK needs a plan for 'chips' if we are to fulfil the aim to become a science and tech superpower

The Kings Fund responds to the latest ONS mortality data

Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund commented on the Office of National Statistics (ONS) monthly mortality analysis December 2022