BP-6291B

COMPLAINTS ARE WELCOMED!

Paula Sussex - now a gov't ombudsman and former Charity Commission head - says gov't departments need to be glad to receive complaints from service users - because they point to what needs improving.

GOVERNMENT

Cover-Up

BP-6285F

POWER WITH - NOT POWER OVER

Changes - due to the gov't insistence on Ai - to how civil servants work must be done WITH - not TO - staff. People need to be partners in shaping how tech is used - rather than find themselves replaced by Ai.

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

BP-6242B

IS PALANTIR, NOW, THE GOV'T?

Palantir - the tech giant - has its claws well into the UK gov't - and dependence on a foreign company presents problems. The NHS contract with Palantir has a break clause in 2027 - but will the gov't use it?

BIG TECH

Control

BP-6225F

WHERE DO THESE BILLIONS GO?

Parliament's spending watchdog has asked the gov't to look at why billions of taxpayers' £s is spent on projects that aren't finished. As the saying goes - "Follow the money." It's going somewhere - to whom?

GOVERNMENT

Spending

BP-6205D

IS AI OVER-HYPED BY THE GOV'T?

An independent research institute reports, the idea that use of Ai in the public sector is beneficial and saves money isn't supported by robust evidence. Yet such inflated claims about Ai drive gov't policy.

TECHNOLOGY

Ai