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Innovation 2025 – day 2 live

Innovation is a unique exhibition and conference that brings together government leaders from across the globe responsible for the transformation and acceleration of their public sector organisations and servi

Cat Little keynote speech Innovation 2025

Innovation 2025 – day 1 live

Innovation is a unique exhibition and conference that brings together government leaders from across the globe responsible for the transformation and acceleration of their public sector organisations and services. Follow […]

UK government sets out new ‘start-up’ approach to funding digital and AI projects

The UK government has announced plans to overhaul the way AI and digital projects are funded in the public sector in a bid to reduce spending waste and boost innovation. […]
UK prime minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on state reforms

UK PM says government needs to be ‘happier with innovation’ as he sets out reform plan

UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that the government needs to become “happier with innovation” in order to ensure that the state can operate at “maximum power”. In […]
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street,

UK government plans radical reform to ‘unshackle civil servants’

The UK government has set out a wide-ranging reform plan, with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer telling officials that the civil service needed to become the “engine room of delivery” […]
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Over three-quarters of UK civil servants say government’s office attendance mandate has failed

A poll has found that a majority of UK civil servants say the government’s efforts to get them to work in departmental offices three times a week has not been […]
Secretary of state Peter Kyle in a grey suit giving a speech at a lectern with the slogan 'Plan For Change'

UK government issues AI playbook to repair ‘broken public services’

The UK government has published its AI Playbook with the aim of giving departments and public sector organisations “accessible technical guidance on the safe and effective use of AI”. Created […]
Patrick Vallance, the UK minister of state for science, research and innovation gives a speech at a lectern against a grey background.

UK Spending Review will upgrade legacy technology in government, says minister

The UK’s minister of state for science, research and innovation has confirmed that the government will use the forthcoming Spending Review to address ageing IT systems and make investments in […]

Formal data-sharing mandates should be introduced in UK public sector, suggests study

Permanent secretaries in the UK civil service should be given formal mandates to share data for the public good, according to a new study by PA Consulting in partnership with […]

Innovation key to unlocking gains in productivity and resilience, says UK audit chief

Public service leaders should articulate risk appetite, harness the potential of new technologies and develop a culture of fast learning and adaptation if they are to boost innovation in government, […]