IFG - Labours missions need a reformed spending review process
The approach taken in recent spending reviews is not up to the job of achieving Labour's missions, warns a new Institute for Government report
Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024
IFS - The 22bn black hole was obvious to anyone who dared to look
"Frankly, nobody comes out of this smelling of roses". Paul Johnson writes for the Times.
Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024
JRF response to rioting and violence around the UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Chief Executive Paul Kissack responds to reports of rioting and violence in towns and cities around the UK
Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024
The Kings Fund responds to the GP funding announcement and GP ballot results
Alex Baylis, Co-Director of Policy at The King's Fund, commented on the announcement of funding to recruit more GPs, and the results of the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot for GPs to take collective action
Updated: Mon Aug 05 2024
Digital technology is central to delivering new governments Neighbourhood Health Service, finds The Kings Fund
Focusing on digital technology can be a key enabler to help deliver the unrealised ambition of moving care closer to home and help the new government achieve its vision of a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service', finds a new independent report by The King's Fund, commissioned by Nourish.
Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024
IFS - Compared to other countries, England is bad at building homes in areas with rising demand
While growth in the number of houses in England has kept pace with growth in the adult population since the mid-1990s, there has been a mismatch between where homes are built and where they are needed.
Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024
UK SPF Invitation to Tender: AI for spectrum management
The Forum's open calls for commissioned research are a fantastic opportunity to work with us and explore potential frameworks that advance spectrum policy debates. The UK SPF focused this year's second commissioning call on exploring potential use cases of AI techniques for spectrum management in th UK environment.
Updated: Fri Aug 02 2024
Debunking 5 product management myths
Megha Jain, Head of Product, applies her superpowers to bust 5 myths surrounding the product-centric approach in IT infrastructure and operations.
Updated: Thu Aug 01 2024
IEA - Childhood malnourishment could rise sharply under government calorie-cutting plans, finds new IEA study
If the government's efforts to reduce calories in processed food through reformulation are successful, it could lead to more underweight children or higher grocery bills.
Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024
IPPR - Revealed: Hidden annual cost of employee sickness is up 30 billion since 2018
Rising workplace sickness is costing UK businesses billions every year, according to a new report by IPPR.
Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024
The UK and India sign a new Technology and Security Initiative What does it mean for the UK tech sector?
Last week, the Prime Ministers of India and the United Kingdom signed an inaugural 'Technology Security Initiative' (TSI).
Updated: Wed Jul 31 2024
Four policy actions to support the UKs Automated Vehicles sector
techUK has collaborated with the SMMT to recommend four policy actions the new Government should take to support the UK's Automated Vehicles sector.
Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024
New Agreement on Electronic Commerce finalised at the WTO
On 26 July, the first global baseline deal on digital trade has been agreed at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. The Joint Statement Initiative Co-Convenors have announced the end of the negotiations on the “Agreement on Electronic Commerce”.
Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024
UK government announces re-start of trade negotiations and launch of trade strategy
On 29 July, the UK government has announced it is pressing ahead with trade negotiations with a number of key partners, including notably India and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Updated: Tue Jul 30 2024
Ofcom update: Improving access to shared spectrum at a local level
A number of updates from Ofcom have been shared ahead of the summer break.
Updated: Mon Jul 29 2024
Putting AI at the heart of Governments agenda: UK Government appoints AI expert Matt Clifford to produce AI Opportunitie
Read more about the Government's announcement.
Updated: Mon Jul 29 2024
DRCF: The Future of Digital Identity
The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) brings together four UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Office of Communications (Ofcom), the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver an agile and coherent approach to digital regulation for the benefit of people and businesses.
Updated: Fri Jul 26 2024
Regulatory update: Multilateral statement sets out principles for protecting competition in the AI ecosystem
Recently, the Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission, the US Department of Justice, and the US Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products.
Updated: Fri Jul 26 2024
IFS - 320,000 people pushed into poverty because of mortgage interest rate rises
"Poverty statistics that hide the real scale of increases risk policymakers missing what is truly happening to poverty."
Updated: Thu Jul 25 2024
Nearly 50 million unlocked for world-leading UK Biobank following new industry backing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, the world's leading biomedical database.
Updated: Thu Jul 25 2024
Pursuing Professional Development in Justice Digital
Joining the Civil Service As a young professional, I never anticipated my career would lead me to the Civil Service. I believe I speak for many twenty-somethings when I say I struggled to envision myself fitting into the mould of ...
Updated: Thu Jul 25 2024
techUK launches major study on the future of Digital Twin technology
The study will examine the global landscape, emerging business models and economic impact of the technology.
Updated: Thu Jul 25 2024
UK SPF Report: Exploring a new framework for defence spectrum sharing in the UK
Commissioned by the UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UK SPF), this study examines the future of spectrum sharing between civilian and military users in the UK.
Updated: Thu Jul 25 2024
IEA - Tax rethink needed to boost growth, highlights new IEA book
New IEA primer explains the economics and ethics at the heart of of the tax system.
Updated: Wed Jul 24 2024
IPPR responds to Yvette Coopers statement on migration
Marley Morris, IPPR associate director for migration, trade and communities responds to Yvette Cooper's statement on migration in the House of Commons
Updated: Wed Jul 24 2024