New Local - To revive public services, bring back place-based budgets
A former secretary of state is calling for Total Place style pooled budgets as the best use of public spending when there is no financial quick fix for public services.
A former secretary of state is calling for Total Place style pooled budgets as the best use of public spending when there is no financial quick fix for public services.
Taking critical analysis and research from the lab to frontline troops, he and his team work to give our Armed Forces an operational edge.
Towards the end of 2023 the Health Service Journal reported on the re-allocation of digital transformation funding to cover funding shortfalls.
techUK welcomes the announcement of the Labour party's ambitions for their life sciences plan this week.
Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, responded to the Labour Party's plans for the UK life sciences sector
By identifying over 100 high growth companies within the techUK membership we will work with DSIT to develop business support and policy to scale fast growing UK tech companies.
As the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill completes its passage in the House of Lords and enters the House of Commons, techUK sets out our members' views on the key areas for improvement.
The government has responded to last Spring's call for views on software resilience and security for businesses and organisations which sought views on: the range of risks linked to software; what was already being done to manage the associated risks; and what further action government would be most effective at taking to drive improvements.
I was recently fortunate enough to visit HMP Highpoint to see a fully operational 'Prison Industry' digital workshop, where old or end-of-life printers are taken to be dismantled and recycled. HMP Highpoint is a category C training and resettlement prison, ...
Learn more about how Innovate UK and techUK have collaborated on driving innovation.
Update on the doctoral focal and landscape awards, core offer and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) doctoral recruitment guidance.
Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, responds to last week's data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on life expectancy for local areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001-03 to 2020-22:
Yesterday, the Government launched a new AI Opportunity Forum which aims to ramp up adoption of AI in the private sector.
Our programme of 2024 general election work begins, with the need for parties to be honest about the tough trade-offs they inevitably have to make.
Policy alignment between government departments will reduce costs for businesses
Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, responded to the latest NHS workforce data
UK universities supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) will advance pioneering research into physics' biggest questions.
On Thursday 11 January 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority published their provisional approach to implement the new Digital Markets competition regime. The approach came in response to a Government letter requesting the plan sent on 4 January. techUK welcomed this as an opportunity to provide additional clarity for the regime, which techUK and our members had called for.
New guidelines published to help directors and business leaders boost their resilience against cyber threats.
How does the ethnicity mix of NHS doctors compare with wider populations? How does it differ by seniority, gender, specialty and country of training?
Learn about Innovate UK's long-term vision for the UK and how industry engage to make this a reality.
New analysis in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) flagship UK Poverty report quantifies for the first time how many thousands of pounds are needed by families to escape poverty - and how that has got worse over time. It is now 20 years and 6 prime ministers since there was a sustained fall in poverty.
A stark divide in health and wealth throughout the UK is leaving many ‘bad health blackspots' sicker and poorer than their neighbours, according to the third interim report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity.
Addressing the urgency of industrial decarbonisation is crucial, and there is a key role for technology to play. Whether it's enhanced automation to reduce energy waste and improve efficiency in industrial operations, data analytics to help industry monitor and optimise resource use, or innovative technology for the development of low-carbon materials.
The Government's latest framework for the application of generative AI across various government departments aims to establish a unified and responsible approach to the technology's safe, responsible, and effective use in government.