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Using AI and digital tools to revolutionise public services

Technology
The UK government has announced the start of a new plan that hopes to overhaul public services through technology, promising to cut delays, reduce waste and improve efficiency across Whitehall.

Poorer people are burdened with reducing healthcare carbon emissions

Sustainable Development
Healthcare carbon emissions are to receive an 80% reduction in the NHS, but this could continue exacerbating existing health equalities.

Why are UK innovators not filing enough patents?

Workplace
Businesses have long been criticised for not filing enough patents, which could be preventing them from realising their commercial potential.

Discarded cigarette butts cost UK £40 million a year

Environment
The UK Government’s ambition of a smoke-free country by 2030 does little to solve the smoking-related litter problem facing our communities.

Disabled facilities grant: why is it so backlogged?

Technology
Councils need to overcome functional silos and improve access to the disabled facilities grant – and technology may just be the solution.

Geospatial data investments improved in the public sector

Digital Transformation
New guidance on geospatial data in the public sector has been published, setting rules on assessing the economic, social and environmental value of investments in location data.

Will there be a general strike?

Government
With inflation soaring and wages stagnating, trade unions are threatening mass industrial action in the form of a general strike.

Why the government is backing open source software

Digital Transformation
The use of open source software has exploded in recent years, with an estimated €1 billion invested in open source technology within Europe in 2018 alone This...

Travel chaos at Dover: French border mismanagement or Brexit complications?

Transport
There have been significant delays at Dover in recent days, leading to concerns that congestion may continue at the UK border long-term.

Which countries are the most prepared to reach net zero emissions?

Energy
Despite being among the top 20 biggest polluters of 2020, the UK is the second most prepared country to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

The Great Resignation: Staff not receiving pay rise in line with inflation

Finance
Only 8% of businesses are giving staff a pay rise in line with inflation and as a result, staff are leaving.

Grants can help landlords install EV charge points in their properties

Sustainable Development
EV charge points are becoming more essential for those with electric vehicles, but how can they be more accessible to owners?

We must tackle the UK malnutrition postcode lottery

Health & Social Care
Malnutrition is often misunderstood as something that only happens in other countries, but UK malnutrition is intensifying.

What policies and practices are needed to support Levelling Up?

Government
Three years since the phrase Levelling Up was first coined as the slogan to symbolise Boris Johnson’s plans to spread opportunity in left-behind parts...

Net zero commitments require an urgent translation of words into action

Energy
Despite governments making net zero commitments, there has been a lack of delivery, increasing the urgency of efficient carbon reduction targets.

Russian disinformation tackled by new website laws in the UK

Government
New UK laws will require social networks and websites to look for and remove Russian disinformation, including a new criminal offence of 'foreign interference'.

A ‘national scandal’: worst NHS staffing crisis in history

Health & Social Care
Conservative government must fill one million NHS roles to tackle the worst NHS staff shortages in history, MPs report.
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