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Prison Staff Safety Meets Procurement And A Very Large Vest
Prison staff safety gets new equipment, while procurement tries to measure a crisis with a green tick.
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Civil Service AI Pitches To Dragons Who Request Three Copies Of The Business Case
A government AI challenge seeks public service fixes, then subjects innovation to the traditional tests of forms, panels and printers.
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Build Baby Build Slogan Turns Three Words Into Homes
The government’s build baby build housing push repeats its central verb until four verbal homes appear, complete with press access and no drains.
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Ofsted Report Cards Give Parents More Ways To Panic
Ofsted report cards will replace one headline grade with a fuller picture, giving parents more information and considerably more to worry about.
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Reshuffle Successfully Moves Government Into Government
A ministerial reshuffle transfers responsibility, nameplates and important expressions between people already standing inside government.
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Chief Secretary Appointed To Check Who Is Chiefing
Darren Jones becomes Chief Secretary to oversee government delivery, leaving Downing Street to appoint someone to supervise the supervisors.
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Basingstoke Bishop Appointment Gets Betteridge Upgrade
The Basingstoke bishop appointment has gone to Kelly Anne Betteridge, giving nominative optimism a mitre and the diocese an accidental upgrade.
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Bank Holiday Benefit Payments Defeat The Calendar
Benefit payments due over the August bank holiday weekend arrived early, after official systems discovered that Monday was not available.
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Emergency Alert Test Confirms Emergency Is Only A Test
Emergency alert test will make compatible phones scream for ten seconds, giving Britain useful practice at locating its reading glasses.
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Hospital AI Faces Its First Real Test: The Printer
Hospital AI tool Consult could help prepare discharge documents and reduce clinician paperwork after public testing on safeguards and risk.
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Insurance Contract May Be Hiding Inside Casual Promise
Insurance Contract guidance warns public bodies that a written or verbal risk transfer may require IFRS 17 reporting.
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Every Child Gets A Number So Systems Can Agree
Every Child could receive a unique identifier as £18 million accelerates social care reforms and better safeguarding information sharing.