Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers | Computer Weekly
Summary
In her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said government departments will reduce their administrative budgets by 15% by the end of the decade, adding that the savings on back-office functions will total at least £2.2bn per year by 2030. The Chancellor said these Exemplars will test and deploy AI applications to make government operations more efficient and effective, and improve outcomes for citizens by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy. The government has previously said it wants to overhaul the UK’s regulatory system and fast-track planning decisions on major economic infrastructure projects. Among the areas where AI is being pushed is at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), where 10% of its procurement budget from next year is set to be spent on what the Chancellor’s statement refers to as “novel technologies”. UKDI’s role will be to drive significantly faster innovative procurement, and actively foster a strong UK defence technology sector.