Government could save £70bn by 2020 if it shifts to digital and cuts jobs - Policy Exchange

Sooraj Shah
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Think tank recommends that government should shop around for procurement deals and make use of big data analytics

The government could save up to £70bn by 2020 if it shifted away from paper and digitised its activities, learned to work in new ways but with fewer staff, sought out for the best procurement deals...

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