GovTech: £20m innovation competition launched to tackle waste and congestion

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Government kicks off first round of funding competition designed to help tackle social challenges

The government will today officially open a new funding competition designed to support the development of cutting edge technologies capable of addressing a range of social challenges, including tracking...

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