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UK Pledges Public Sector AI Overhaul
The U.K. government has unveiled a set of digitisation plans within the public sector to save £45 billion each year in productivity. The headline announcement is “Humphrey,” a set of AI tools to speed up policy-making activities. Most Humphrey tools summarise government data, including debates, meetings, policies, laws, and responses to consultations, so civil servants can search through it more…
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‘Archaic’ legacy tech is crippling public sector productivity
‘Archaic technology’ is holding UK public sector workers back and is costing the taxpayer £45 billion, new figures show. A scathing government report due to be published tomorrow found that legacy technology is crippling productivity and damaging public satisfaction in services. Notably, the report found the previous government’s over-reliance on contractors has sent costs rocketing, and outages and cyber attacks…
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Public sector improvements, infrastructure investment, and AI pothole repairs: Tech industry welcomes UK’s “ambitious” AI action plan
The UK government has officially unveiled its AI Opportunity Action Plan, promising a greater focus on the opportunities of the burgeoning technology rather than the risks. Under the new industry focus, the Labour government plans to implement all 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan, commissioned by technology secretary Peter Kyle last year. Announcing…
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Australian IT Sector Maintains Strong Employment Outlook for 2025
The IT sector remains a bright spot in the Australian job market heading into 2025, boasting the most positive employment outlook of any economic sector. Recruitment firm ManpowerGroup’s Employment Outlook Survey for Q1 2025 revealed that the Australian IT sector has a net employment outlook of +27%, leading all other sectors. IT outshines other industries The IT hiring outlook outpaced…
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The four-day week sounds great – but we need the private sector on board for it to work
There’s something rather frustrating about hailing the success of four-day week trials knowing full well that you’ll probably never experience it. The reality is that flexible working practices such as these simply might not work in certain industries – and there’s nothing wrong with that. But for those who can secure better working arrangements, we should still be pushing our…
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Efficiency, productivity, and public sector technology
The UK has a productivity problem. In fact, labor productivity has been close to flat (0.4%) since the financial crisis of 2008. One of the first things the current government committed to, when it came into office, was to grow the UK’s economy, and that means tackling productivity. Ministers have also committed to addressing the productivity gap in the public…
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Tech sector left wanting after UK budget overlooks key industry concerns
The UK budget has been met with mixed reactions as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced sweeping tax hikes for businesses, increased employment allowance, and heightened tech investment. While critics suggest some moves threaten to hurt growth, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), others promise more breathing room and greater access to resources. Delivering the first Labour budget in 14 years,…
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UK government says new data bill will free up millions of hours of public sector time
The UK government is proposing new data laws it says could free up millions of hours of police and NHS time every year and boost the UK economy by £10 billion. The Data Use and Access Bill is not dissimilar to its predecessor, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI), which failed to pass during the ‘wash-up’ process before…
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UK Public sector at risk from supply chain attacks, new report warns
Limited visibility of their software supply chains is leaving UK public sector organizations vulnerable, with more than half exposed to cyberattacks in the last twelve months, according to research from Blackberry. Half (51%) of UK IT decision-makers across healthcare, education, and government organizations received notification of an attack or vulnerability in their software supply chain in the last twelve months…
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The impact of the IT skills shortage on business – and what the sector is doing to stem the flow
Skills shortages have always been an issue in the IT sector, and the problem shows no sign of decreasing anytime soon. Analyst firm IDC predicts that by 2026, over 90% of organizations will feel the pain of the IT skills crisis. The growing demand for IT skills (according to analysts at Gartner, 79% of CIOs and senior IT leaders plan…
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