Ministers have promised a “modern digital government” in their ‘blueprint for Reform’, while the £100m ‘public sector reform’ programme is already experimenting with small-scale innovation squads in local areas.

The government’s ongoing ambitions for digital transformation risk grinding to a halt unless it overhauls the way it funds and invests in technology, according to a new report from techUK.

The body’s recent ‘Financing the Future’ study posited that Whitehall’s procurement system remains too rigid and too focused on short-term products rather than long-term digital outcomes.

Instead, the report urged reforms to funding rules, increasingly flexible partnerships with suppliers, and a shift towards ‘test and learn’ pilots to reduce risk.

This intervention lands at a politically

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