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Every conversation at the intersection of power, policy, and technology.
Kevin O'Neill joins Paul and Asad to examine what large-scale government technology contracts actually look like from the inside: the procurement realities, the integration challenges, and why ambitious digital strategies often meet the hard limits of legacy infrastructure.
41:38Emma Jones CBE, Small Business Commissioner, discusses the systemic barriers holding back UK SMEs — from persistent late payment culture in supply chains to the uneven digital divide between large enterprises and smaller suppliers to government.
33:12Dr Zubir Ahmed joins The Digital State to discuss how artificial intelligence and better use of data could shape the future of the NHS, healthcare delivery and public policy.
40:25Lt Gen Sir Tom Copinger-Symes joins The Digital State to discuss how artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities and digital transformation are reshaping UK defence and national security.
53:29In this episode of The Digital State Podcast, Paul Scully and Asad Ansari are joined by Dr Arif Mustafa, Chief Digital and Information Officer and Director Digital for the Royal Air Force, for a wide ranging conversation about the digital transformation of the RAF.
41:38From energy grids to financial systems, the UK's critical national infrastructure faces escalating threat. We examine the gap between the National Cyber Strategy's stated ambitions and the operational resilience of the systems that underpin daily life.
Government procurement remains dominated by a small number of large systems integrators despite decades of policy commitment to opening markets to smaller, more innovative suppliers. We examine why the system resists reform and what genuine change would require.