IEA - Raise interest rates to 1.5% and start quantitative tightening, votes Shadow Monetary Policy Committee
Raise interest rates to 1.5% and start quantitative tightening,' votes Shadow Monetary Policy Committee
Updated: Tue May 03 2022
IFG - Englands most deprived areas have seen largest local spending cuts
England's most deprived areas were hit by the largest local authority spending cuts during a decade of austerity, according to new Institute for Government research.
Updated: Tue May 03 2022
Project and programme management best practice for 2022
Blog posted by: Erandi Stretton - Programme Manager, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 29 April 2022.
Updated: Tue May 03 2022
The device hoping to answer the ultimate existential questions
The final piece of an all-new detector has completed the first leg of its journey towards unlocking some of the most enduring mysteries of the Universe.
Updated: Tue May 03 2022
Webbs coolest instrument captures first star
The UK's main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope, the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
Updated: Tue May 03 2022
First meeting of new Data Analytics AI Committee
On 28 April 2022 techUK hosted the first meeting of its newly elected Data Analytics & AI Leadership Committee.
Updated: Fri Apr 29 2022
Lieutenant General Sir James Hockenhull appointed new Commander United Kingdom Strategic Command
Lieutenant General Sir James Hockenhull has been appointed Commander Strategic Command, succeeding General Sir Patrick Sanders in May 2022.
Updated: Fri Apr 29 2022
Digitising Justice: Putting data at the centre
techUK has launched a new report calling to unlock the power of data and technology innovation to reform the criminal justice system (CJS) and put the service users at its centre.
Updated: Thu Apr 28 2022
My Journey So Far
I joined Justice Digital - LAA in May 2020 as a Junior Software Developer having decided on a career change via a coding bootcamp. I'd experienced only small projects and some minimal exposure to agile ways of working, but this ...
Updated: Thu Apr 28 2022
Public Procurement Review Service Reclaims over 9.4 million in overdue invoices
The Cabinet Office's Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS) is one of the measures to support businesses working with the government and the wider public sector.
Updated: Thu Apr 28 2022
Setting our design community objectives
In our community we have shared values and principles. We call these our design imperatives. Here's how we imbue our imperatives into our work across DfE - its all about setting and achieving design community objectives.
Updated: Thu Apr 28 2022
The Metaverse fact or fiction?
Once the preserve of thought experiments in philosophy textbooks and blockbuster dystopias like The Matrix and Ready Player One, the concept of a metaverse - a virtual world in which we experience the life of our digital twin - may soon be a reality for UK businesses and consumers.
Updated: Thu Apr 28 2022
EA: Deregulation needed to bring down sky-high childcare costs
Annabel Denham, Director of Communications at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on reports that the Prime Minister is considering relaxing health and safety rules on childcare
Updated: Wed Apr 27 2022
IFS - Proposed minimum eligibility requirements for student loans could reduce higher education participation for ethnic mino
New IFS research finds that a blanket minimum eligibility requirement (MER) for access to student loans would be a highly imperfect way of improving student outcomes. It would increase the already large socio-economic gaps in higher education and would disproportionally affect ethnic minority students.
Updated: Wed Apr 27 2022
IPPR - Revealed: 8bn hit to UK prosperity as long-Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from the workforce
Lack of government action to improve nation's health is holding back UK economy' according to report launching new cross-party IPPR Health and Prosperity Commission
Updated: Wed Apr 27 2022
Privatisation of the Passport Office could modernise and improve services, says IEA expert
Professor Len Shackleton, Research Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on reports that government ministers are considering privatising the Passport Office and DVLA
Updated: Wed Apr 27 2022
Gender diversity in cyber security group to meet as Lloyds commits to initiative
The inaugural cohort of the Empowering Women to Lead, Cyber Security initiative are to meet in central London for the first time this week, bringing together twenty aspiring cyber professionals from across government and industry for two days of intensive leadership development.
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
Higher inflation can still be good for the public finances, says IEA economist
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on the ONS public sector finances data
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
IEA - Elon Musks free speech vision for Twitter will be thwarted by Online Safety Bill
Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
IFS - Covid has not fundamentally changed the labour market
There are around 20% more job vacancies than there were pre-pandemic, and that seems to have been stable for 6 months or so now.
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
Public inquiry needed into the political role of the Committee on Climate Change, says IEA energy analyst
Andy Mayer, Energy Analyst at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on reports that Lord Deben, chairman of the UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC) also works for a company providing advice to Qatari ministers who sell gas to the UK
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
techUKs new Cloud Leadership Committee meets
On 21 April 2022 techUK hosted the first meeting of its newly re-elected Cloud Leadership Committee.
Updated: Tue Apr 26 2022
Banking on resilience: how to meet the PRA regulations when outsourcing IT
As Regulatory Compliance Solutions Lead at NCC Group, Wayne Scott works with regulators, financial institutions and fintechs to support regulatory compliance with software resilience services.
Updated: Mon Apr 25 2022
techUK joins UK-US Trade Dialogue in Aberdeen
On 24-26 April 2022, the second leg of the UK-US Trade Dialogue is taking place in Aberdeen, following the first exchange which was held last month in Baltimore, USA.
Updated: Mon Apr 25 2022
Worlds most powerful particle accelerator comes back to life
After three years of shutdown, the most powerful particle accelerator has been switched on today and will shortly begin another run of cutting-edge physics.
Updated: Mon Apr 25 2022