Clear vision needed for health and social care
The Scottish Government needs to develop a clear national strategy for health and social care to address the pressures on services.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
G Cloud-14 Framework Publication
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have opened bidding on the G Cloud 14 framework.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
techUK is attending WTOs 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi
techUK is pleased to share that Sabina Ciofu, techUK's Associate Director for International Policy and Trade, will be attending the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi from 26 to 29 February 2024.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
The Evolution of Communication: MoJ Voice Services
A Look Back In Time Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 telephone call marked a milestone in communication, pioneering the ability to converse over long distances using electricity. Fast forward 122 years to 1998 and my first IT job, and a desk ...
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
The IFS Scottish Budget Report 202425
This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024-25 financial year and beyond.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
Demos - New statistics confirm that the pandemic has had a sustained negative impact on employment in the UK heres how
This week the ONS published new statistics about employment and jobs in the UK - the first time for a number of months due to problems with survey response rates. With the appropriate caveats that the figures are estimates based on survey data - and therefore, as always, they come with a margin of error - here's what we learnt from the new statistics, and some of the implications for policy makers.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IEA - Red tape has fuelled the cost of living crisis, argues new IEA paper
Since 2000, sectors with heavy state intervention have experienced large price rises while competitive markets have experienced price falls.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IFS - Scottish Government boosts support for students living costs, but further cuts funding for universities to teach t
How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding and living cost support?
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
Leadership Changes in the Cabinet Office
This week there have been a series of notable changes within the leadership of the Cabinet Office.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
Project Gigabit update announces funding for Future Telecoms commercialisation
The government has today, 22 February, announced that more than one million homes, businesses, and public buildings can now access gigabit-capable broadband as the UK Government makes progress with its publicly-funded rollout. Further support has also been announced including £70m of funding for Future Telecoms and boosting satellite connectivity.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
techUK launches new Innovation at the Edge series call for contributions
This year techUK is launching a new monthly insight series - Innovation at the Edge - highlighting exciting uses for edge computing in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, transport, energy and utilities, healthcare, agriculture, retail, and the public sector.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IFS - January usually sees the government run an overall surplus, as this is the month when a large chunk of self-assess
Today's ONS government borrowing figures suggest that the public sector ran a surplus of £16.7 billion in January. This is much bigger than the £7.5 billion surplus it ran in January 2023, and is the biggest January surplus on record.
Updated: Wed Feb 21 2024
IPPR - Calls for quick win changes to social security as claimants say system leaves them scared, exhausted and drained
A state of the nation report on the UK's social security system concludes with a package of reforms to cut poverty, incentivise work and deliver quick wins to create a modern welfare system.
Updated: Wed Feb 21 2024
techUK responds to draft Rail Reform Bill
The Government has published draft legislation to reorganise the railways.
Updated: Wed Feb 21 2024
A brief illustrated history of cross-government collaboration in Microsoft 365
The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is passionate about improving user experience and recognises that external collaboration is key to enabling the Civil Service to run efficiently and effectively. CDDO, NCSC and several government departments partnered with Microsoft to ...
Updated: Tue Feb 20 2024
techUK and National Fire Chiefs Council NFCC Memorandum of Understanding | Digital Data and Technology Portfolio
techUK and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) have collectively and collaboratively been engaging and consulting with the technology sector at a local and national level with the view of improving the market's understanding of the NFCC's DDaT commitments, as well as enabling the formation and delivery of robust and informed strategic and procurement DDaT activities across the UK fire and rescue sector.
Updated: Tue Feb 20 2024
Kings Fund - An unhealthy end looms for the private finance initiative
The private finance initiative (PFI) was controversial from day one. Ten thousand or so days later it still is, as the first of these 25-30-year contracts for the private sector to finance, design, build and maintain public assets, including hospitals, come to an end.
Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024
NPL launches Measurement for Business programme
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has launched Measurement for Business (M4B) to give industry access to specialist measurement science and engineering experts and facilities, at no charge, to help your business grow.
Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024
Starting and ending my career with the ERS-2 mission
As the ERS-2 climate mission starts its burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, our Space Exploration Special Adviser Sue Horne talks about how the mission has spanned her career in space.
Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024
How our Domains Data Sharing beta aims to reduce domain vulnerabilities
Every organisation has vulnerabilities in its digital infrastructure, including in its Domain Name System (DNS). In the Protecting Public Sector Domains team in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) we work to identify and fix those vulnerabilities before our ...
Updated: Fri Feb 16 2024
IEA - Recession shock bolsters case for interest rate and tax cuts
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on data showing that the UK entered recession in 2023
Updated: Fri Feb 16 2024
The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council: key takeaways and next steps
In January 2024, the European Union and United States met in Washington, D.C. for the fifth ministerial conference of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC).
Updated: Fri Feb 16 2024
IPPR - Revealed: Heart disease is the single largest factor behind people leaving the workforce due to ill health
People are more likely to leave work due to a heart condition than any other health issue, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
Updated: Thu Feb 15 2024
Lack of progress on growth a wake-up call, says IPPR
Pranesh Narayanan, research fellow at IPPR responds to today's GDP figures
Updated: Thu Feb 15 2024
Super-Sized Space Debris
Astroscale's ADRAS-J mission is set to launch soon. Learn why tackling large items of space debris is so important.
Updated: Thu Feb 15 2024