Technology

IEA - Plan B could cost 4bn per month, warns economist

Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: Even without a full national lockdown, the additional Covid restrictions apparently being considered in Whitehall could easily knock 2 per cent off GDP - costing the UK economy 4 billion a month - and force the taxpayer to stump up billions more to prevent a new wave of bankruptcies and job losses.

Updated: Wed Dec 08 2021

New prison strategy to rehabilitate offenders and cut crime

The Prisons Strategy White Paper, published on the 7 December 2021, sets out a new plan to deliver the biggest prison-building programme in more than 100 years - creating the right conditions to reform and rehabilitate offenders and ultimately cut crime, keeping streets safe.

Updated: Wed Dec 08 2021

IPPR - Revealed: Trust in politicians at lowest level on record

A major new IPPR think tank report warns that a decline in political trust is undermining liberal democracy in the UK. In 1944, just one in three British people (35 per cent) saw politicians as merely out for themselves', while by 2014 that number was 48 per cent and in new IPPR polling conducted last weekend, 63 per cent said they share this view.

Updated: Tue Dec 07 2021

Podcast - Think digital, act human: Black voices in digital and technology

What does it mean to be a Black digital and technology expert in government? Adaobi Ifeachor speaks to Virginia Brown, a Black Content Design Lead, Courtney Allen, a Black Associate Product Manager and Keisha Herbert, a Black Senior User Researcher, to learn about their journeys into the Civil Service.

Updated: Mon Dec 06 2021

Podcast - Think digital, act human: future ways of working

What is future ways of working and why is it important? Jack Collier, Head of Digital for School Services, talks to Adaobi Ifeachor about designing office spaces now that we return to work, and how this impacts culture as well as diversity and inclusion.

Updated: Mon Dec 06 2021

What has 2021 meant for digital social care?

Earlier this year, techUK set out our ambition to provide an environment in which members and stakeholders could come together to achieve a collaborative approach to social care. Since we published this mission statement, we have seen social care, and in particular the potential of digital transformation in this sector, move further up the political and public agenda, receiving welcome legislative attention.

Updated: Mon Dec 06 2021

Dstl supports new COVID-19 decision-making tool

A new interactive graphic developed by UK researchers including Dstl will help people decide what to do in everyday situations to protect themselves and others.

Updated: Fri Dec 03 2021

Removing barriers and improving disability data

I started working for MoJ in 1993 as an AA/Band F and am now a G6, I have had a variety of operational and corporate HQ roles. I stayed because I loved what I was doing and I can honestly ...

Updated: Fri Dec 03 2021

The night sky in December

December brings the shortest day and longest night of the year - and with more than 16 hours of darkness, it's the perfect time for some stargazing!

Updated: Fri Dec 03 2021