This makes updating workforce skills particularly important. People really need to have their skills fine-tuned to have skills that are in demand and match those available overseas.

If firms were training people in the higher-value management skills, it would not be quite so bad, but we are not.

The solution is to limit public sector ambition to that which can be reliably delivered given the human beings available and rebuild the available UK skills base, including user management and information systems - because technology is rarely the problem.

The UK could face a digital winter of discontent during the run-up to the next general election.

Rock Star was a bit cliched, but there were some genuinely talented people involved.

Everyone in white. We should open up our gates two hours before and get all the people in white shirts in here and then maybe no Glenwood fans can get into the gym.