Department for Work and Pensions trains 128,779 employees in AI as government accelerates digital skills push.

G-Cloud was designed to break Whitehall’s dependence on dominant IT suppliers. Nicky Stewart argues that cloud procurement has instead reinforced market concentration – and meaningful reform will…

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Nicky Furlong, VP EMEA public sector at SAS, reflects on a career shaped by technology, resilience and plenty of unexpected detours. From leaving A levels to becoming a technology leader, she…

Gavin Freeguard, Think Digital Partners conference chair and director of State of the Future, welcomes the Data Bites event series to a new home with Think Digital Partners.

Only eight percent of UK public sector IT pros say AI is fully embedded and actively governed.

As AI moves from pilots into public services, organisations need clearer ownership of the technology, its risks and its impact on citizens, says OneAdvanced.

In this blog, Madeline Smith, assistant director for technology at North Yorkshire Council, argues that today’s legacy systems and vendor lock-in are the result of decades of sensible decisions. The…

Mike Bracken warns that governments and public institutions risk losing control of critical systems as growing reliance on AI and external technology providers threatens their digital sovereignty.

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From astrophysics and the arts to a decade in data and AI, Steph Wright, CEO and co-founder of Our AI Collective, reflects on her unconventional career, why AI should be a choice rather than an…

From scrutinising suppliers to challenging AI systems after deployment, experts from Defra, the Government Digital Service and SAS share practical advice for public sector organisations looking to…

The National Police Service could give policing stronger standards, shared capability and better access to intelligence. However, centralisation alone will not connect policing. Unless ownership of…

New research from the Welsh Parliament examines how gen AI could improve public services in Wales, while highlighting challenges around data protection, accountability, workforce impacts and…

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has developed a shared platform providing access to around 20 AI models, aiming to reduce duplication, strengthen governance and help teams…

As SaaS adoption expands, so too does the attack surface. Jim Lippie, chief product officer at Kaseya, examines the identity, access and data-sharing risks emerging across SaaS environments – and how…

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Worcestershire County Council is building on more than a decade of low-code development with OutSystems to introduce AI into public services, including an agent that validates evidence for…