Public bodies are failing to act on early warning signals that could help avert a disaster on the scale of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report.

Poor quality data and obsolete technology are hindering government plans to roll out the adoption of artificial intelligence across the public sector, a leading group of MPs has warned.

Local authorities will bear the brunt of belt-tightening across government in the wake of the Spring Statement, sector experts have warned.

The local authorities that will receive funding to help produce their local plans have been announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Households will be an average of £1,400 worse off annually by the end of the decade, according to research.