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Features in this issue

• How UK councils are using technology to support adult social care

  by  Angelica Mari

  As budgets dwindle and central government delays the creation of an overarching strategy around the future of care, local authorities are looking into innovations such as robotics and voice assistant technologies to ease the pressure on resources

• HMRC under fire over 'scaremongering' IR35 clampdown letters targeting GSK IT contractors

  by  Caroline Donnelly

  GSK contractors that have received “scaremongering” letters from HMRC, urging them to review their engagements with the company from an IR35 perspective, are being urged not to panic, as the missives have no legal basis, claim experts

• Ransomware has evolved into a serious enterprise threat

  by  Warwick Ashford

  Ransomware has seen a resurgence since the start of 2019, with cyber criminals changing code and tactics to target enterprises and local authorities for higher ransom payments, McAfee researchers warn