by Owen Pengelly | Apr 28, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Seventh Edition
Owen Pengelly says civil service leaders need to distinguish between productivity and financial efficiency How should policymakers view the opportunities and challenges of introducing AI more deeply into the UK Civil Service? As AI transforms the global economy, the...
by Anthony Finkelstein | Jan 21, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Anthony Finkelstein argues that the UK needs stronger tech foundations to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence This article offers a deliberately sober form of techno-optimism. It argues that, whilst artificial intelligence (AI) holds real promise for public...
by Tim Dickson | May 19, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fourth Edition
Penny Endersby talks to Tim Dickson about her journey from specialist researcher to running the Met Office The days when specialists, notably economists, operated mostly in Whitehall silos and took a backseat to ‘generalists’ were recalled recently in Heywood...
by Michael Padfield | Feb 12, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, The Top Articles of 2025, Third Edition
Michael Padfield explains the benefits of a range of tools that will drive better strategy, greater democracy and improved delivery Ever wondered if there’s a better way of distilling key information than ploughing through hundreds of lengthy documents? Ever...
by Laura Gilbert | Aug 10, 2024 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, First Edition Sneak Peek
Laura Gilbert, Director of Data Science at 10 Downing Street, reflects on her AI and data science teams’ challenges and achievements I joined the UK government in September 2020, six months into Covid. For nearly a decade, I’d been running a tech startup...