- The United Kingdom PM will announce new digital reforms to civil service
- AI could replace some workers in a new digital ‘mantra’
- New jobs will be created while low performance is cut
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Kier Starmer, said that some public officials could be replaced by AI, since the prime minister will announce a new digital mantra.
The mantra establishes that “the substantive time of any person must be dedicated to a task where digital or AI can do better, faster and with the same high quality and standard.”
In a speech that will be given today, Starmer will announce that more than £ 45 billion could be saved by introducing new digital tools and reforms to Whitehall, before even presenting any AI in the service.
More technology to introduce
The Prime Minister will also announce the creation of 2,000 technological learning positions, and reductions in the regulations and the participation of some ‘quangos’-cuasi non-governmental-organizations, which are typically bodies financed by the government with some returned power, that the statements of Starmer have created a “industry of the cabin of the controllers and blockers that make the delivery for the working people.”
The unions have expressed some skepticism about Prime Minister’s plans, with Mike Clancy, general secretary of the Union of Prospects, stating: “Officials are not hostile to reforms, but these must be carried out in association with staff and unions.”
“I urge everyone in the Government to avoid rhetoric and incendiary tactics that we are seeing in the United States, and to be clear that the reforms are about improving not undermining civil service,” Clancy continued.
Public officials have faced years of accusations related to productivity. The Prime Minister sent a letter to millions of public officials earlier this week that said: “Each of you must be able to focus on its central purpose, far from the things that hinder their daily work, providing excellent high -performance public services that improve the lives of people.”
The letter, presented as part of Prime Minister’s plans to improve performance while reducing the number of personnel, continued: “We know that many of you are chained by the bureaucracy, frustrated by inefficiency and cannot take advantage of new technologies. Your talent has been limited for too long. “
Through The guardian
