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Home Office creates cross-government taskforce to bolster Prevent programme

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By Jim Dunton Verified, Beckie Smith Verified
| Civil Service World Verified
The Home Office has set up a cross-government taskforce to look at existing multi-agency and safeguarding arrangements, and how they interact with the Prevent programme in the wake of 2024’s Southport killings and the murder of MP David Amess. Details of the taskforce emerged this week in the department’s formal response to peer David Anderson’s Lessons for Prevent report, which was submitted to ministers in July last year.
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Six months on, how is the digital roadmap progressing?

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By Sam Trendall Verified, Beckie Smith Verified
| Civil Service World Verified
Back in January, technology secretary Liz Kendall launched a digital and tech strategy – A roadmap for digital government. Intended to improve services, augment infrastructure, and transform public services, the roadmap committed to a range of actions across six core areas: services; artificial intelligence; infrastructure; talent; funding; and transparency. These commitments would, as Kendall put it, “put power and control back in your hands, when you use any government service”.
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'There’s a long way to go': GDS leaders on taking risks, AI and learning lessons across departments

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By Sam Trendall Verified, Beckie Smith Verified
| Civil Service World Verified
Government Digital Service leaders Kalbir Sohi, Sonia Patel and Christine Bellamy were among the speakers sharing views at a recent public sector tech gathering Asked to provide two words to characterise his feelings towards the current public sector artificial intelligence landscape, Kalbir Sohi is very quick to decide on the first of the two.
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