Today's quarterly immigration statistics from the Home Office reveal that the number of people in the asylum backlog at the end of June 2023 increased to just over 175,000. While the government has reduced the number of cases in the legacy backlog, this has been offset by new cases entering the asylum system.
The UK's asylum system crisis is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election, with any incoming government facing high risk of a “perma-backlog” of thousands of new asylum-seekers needing long-term accommodation and support, according to an assessment published this week.
Organisations representing hundreds of thousands of health and care professionals, and the millions who use their services, warn that so many people are routinely going without the essentials it poses a serious risk to the UK's health.
The MOD is looking for information from industry to gain an awareness of companies that can help scale and support an experimental defence network architecture through the concept known as a “Mission Partner”. The intent is to enable the scaling, delivery and support of digital services.
In recent years, devolution in England has become a cross-party political agenda. The government has concluded ‘trailblazer' devolution deals with the Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities (WMCA), and new devolution deals in areas including York and North Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has led the Army's largest ever force development war game and collaboration.
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on July's public sector finance report
The UK is at risk of falling behind in the global race to achieve a net zero economy without strategic public investment in green manufacturing technologies, according to a new report by the IPPR think tank.
techUK is delighted to announce the members of the Local Public Services Committee for the September 2023 to July 2025 tenure.
Dstl took part in a recent 2-day workshop run by the Machine Speed Command and Control (MSC2) project on artificial intelligence (AI).
techUK is working closely with the Home Office National Policing Capabilities Unit (NPCU) to carry out a scoping exercise with industry around advances in AI, what they mean for public safety, what capabilities might be needed to respond to AI-enabled criminality and what opportunities these advances provide Policing.
Governed by the National Security Committee, the mission of techUK's National Security programme is to advocate for and provide better collaboration between industry and the National Security community to create an environment for meaningful transformation across the sector.
Progress being made in all 5 action areas of the strategy, but there's still much to be done.
How much funding does each area of England receive for key public services, and is this funding allocated in line with patterns of needs?
JRF Chief Economist Alfie Stirling responds to the latest inflation figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today
IPPR has responded to today's figures on CPI inflation for July.
Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King's Fund RespondS to an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care that £250 million of government funding is being allocated to NHS hospitals to increase capacity
The UK Space Agency is delighted to announce that it will be docking its 72 ft model rocket at Queen Victoria Square, Hull, from August 17th to August 21st, bringing the awe-inspiring 'Space for Everyone' tour to the region. This ...
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The Inspire Justice Awards, delivered by Skills for Justice, the UK's Sector Skills Council, returns in 2023 to shine a light on more of the hidden heroes working across the entire justice system.
How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland?
JRF Chief Economist Alfie Stirling responded to the latest figures on Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King's Fund, responding to the latest NHS performance statistics
Publishing a security.txt file to help finders report vulnerabilities has now been championed for use across government following endorsement by the Open Standards Board and the Data Standards Authority's Steering Board.
