"Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves announced £300m of additional capital investment in NHS technology, intended to "boost productivity, support staff and improve patient outcomes, driving the shift from analogue to digital". The new funding builds on the £10bn allocated for digital spending as part of the 2025 Spending Review. The cash will be spent on further developing the NHS App to "ensure seamless navigation and communication between primary and secondary care" and to "close the gap in patient access to digital health records"."
"The Budget documents stated that the government "will invest £59m in new technology over the next five years to provide taxpayers with real-time digital prompts for VAT filing software from April 2027, and Corporation Tax filing software from April 2028". The government will launch an "advance market commitment" worth up to £100m to encourage investment for novel artificial intelligence (AI) inference chips. AI was mentioned 59 times in the Treasury's official "red book" document, explaining in detail the measures introduced in the Budget."
UK Autumn Budget made modest tech-sector changes focused on existing digital policies. Chancellor announced £300m additional capital for NHS technology to boost productivity, support staff and improve patient outcomes, building on £10bn from the 2025 Spending Review. Funding will develop the NHS App to improve navigation between primary and secondary care and increase patient access to digital health records. The Budget commits £59m for real-time digital prompts for VAT and Corporation Tax filing software from 2027–28. An up-to-£100m advance market commitment will target investment in novel AI inference chips. Scaleups gain expanded EMI, VCT and EIS limits to support investment and talent.
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