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At London Tech Week Keir Starmer also said he wanted parents to know the government would use technology to create a “better future” for their children.
He said:
By the end of this parliament we should be able to look every parent in the eye in every region in Britain and say ‘look what technology can deliver for you’.
We can put money in your pocket, we can create wealth in your community, we can create good jobs, vastly improve our public services, and build a better future for your children.
For the first time, this cutting-edge technology will help councils convert decades-old, handwritten planning documents and maps into data in minutes – and will power new types of planning software to slash the 250,000 estimated hours spent by planning officers each year manually checking these documents. This will dramatically reduce delays that have long plagued the system.
Around 350,000 planning applications are submitted a year in England, yet the system remains heavily reliant on paper documents – some hundreds of pages long. Once submitted, each of these documents needs to be manually validated and approved by a planning officer.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/09/labour-spending-review-end-austerity-home-office-conservatives-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live-news
Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2025-06-09 09:07:00
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