Hundreds of millions of pounds of local transport funding in England could be cut in next week's spending review despite having been agreed with regional mayors, putting improvements to buses, tubes and trams at risk. Mayors, most of whom are Labour, are engaged in a last-minute foyer campaign to stop the Treasury from raiding their … Read more
As we've reported before, enterprise CIOs are taking generative AI in their stride. One reason is that AI doesn't fit into existing software engineering workflows, because it literally doesn't speak the same language. For example, LLMs (also known as large language models) require a lot of persuasion to deliver valid JSON. That's where a US-based … Read more
Starmer to face PMQs as reports claim Treasury must cover '£40bn funding gap' in Budget Good day. Governments engage in expectations management, and the latest example appears on the front page of the Monetary Occasions this morning, where there is a story saying that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has identified a “funding gap of £40bn” … Read more