Digital Government UK – A Vision for Ai-Powered Public Sector Transformation

As UK Authority reports the UK Government has set out its plans for a new centre for digital government based in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

It is publishing a blueprint for digital government with the aim of making better use of the £23 billion a year spend on technology to improve public services, and launching five accelerators to kick start progress.

GDS, the central team for government technology, is to be expanded through being remerged with the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) and two other teams, the Incubator for AI and the Geospatial Commission, will also become part of GDS.

Digital Government Efficiencies and AI Innovations

The ultimate goal is to more effectively utilize these technologies such that they deliver a further £45 billion in cost efficiency savings across the whole of the UK public sector.

This follows an intense review of Digital Government capabilities where a multitude of possible improvements were identified.

A headline theme is the pioneering adoption of AI as a key technology for realizing these types of improvements. Keir Starmer announced an ambition to “mainline AI into the veins of the UK”, to leverage its vast potential for rejuvenating UK public services.

These technologies will be applied to key use cases and sector requirements such as for the NHS, where they are deploying apps like “Humphrey” to streamline public services, eliminate delays through improved data sharing, and reduce costs, including consultant spending.

Speaking with PublicTechnology last year Feryal Clark the Minister for AI and Digital Government responsible for overseeing this transformation described Labour’s ambition to completely transform the way that public services interact with citizens, achieved through most significant revamp of the Whitehall tech scene since the Government Digital Service was launched 13 years ago.