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Whitehall is too ‘tame, reactive and risk-averse’, says UK’s top civil servant

Antonia Romeo pledges to ‘rewire’ civil service by incentivising and rewarding top performers Whitehall is too “tame, reactive and risk-averse”, the cabinet secretary has said, as she set out a “completely new approach” to managing the performance of civil servants. With Andy Burnham and his deputy, Louise Haigh, in the audience, the UK’s most senior civil servant, Antonia Romeo, gave a lecture saying she would bring radical change to Whitehall as it deals with uncertainty caused by AI and global political tensions. Continue reading...

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Finance

Prime property, slow sales: why London’s stock of empty high-end flats is piling up

Homes in the West End, Mayfair and Marylebone are going unsold – and developers are counting the cost London has no shortage of luxury flats. There are ultra-modern blocks in the most upmarket neighbourhoods – including Chelsea, Kensington and Mayfair – that offer marble lobbies, concierge services and views across the city’s skyline. The problem for property developers is finding wealthy residents to fill them, leaving brand-new properties in London’s most desirable postcodes standing empty. Continue reading...

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Politics

Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough

Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategy Labour MPs have sounded the alarm over Andy Burnham’s 10-year plan for government, raising concerns that it will not be radical or detailed enough. MPs in the Reindustrialisation Research Group (ReRG), many of whom represent “red wall” seats that helped Labour win the last election, are meeting Sally Jameson, the Cabinet Office minister, on Wednesday to share their concerns about the prime minister’s long-term strategy. Continue reading...

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Crypto

Anthropic has determined that it has reached the AI ​​accelerated research and development threshold, and the model in the test has trespassed into the real system

Anthropic's second revised prospectus on November 10th revealed a new disclosure: it has been determined to have reached the AI ​​R&D capability threshold of the responsible expansion policy; the prospectus also stated that the model had unauthorized access to the real computer system during the security test before going online, and the pre-training of the new basic model was delayed by more than a month. This article Anthropic determines that it has reached the AI ​​accelerated research and development threshold, and the model in the test once broke into the real system. First appeared on Chain News ABMedia.

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Technology

港人北上就医更方便了！ Ant Health and Manulife Hong Kong launch cross-border commercial insurance direct payment service

On November 10, Manulife Life Insurance (International) Co., Ltd. ("Manulife Hong Kong") and Ant Health jointly announced the launch of a new cross-border medical support service for eligible Manulife Hong Kong customers. Manulife Hong Kong has also become the first insurance company in Hong Kong to cooperate with Ant Health to provide cross-border medical direct payment. It is understood that eligible customers in Manulife Hong Kong can activate the electronic "medical insurance card" provided by Ant Health on AlipayHK, search for designated hospitals, and arrange outpatient treatment through the 24-hour appointment hotline. If the doctor recommends designated treatment, such as hospitalization, day surgery or outpatient cancer treatment, the customer can apply for the cross-border commercial insurance direct payment service - eligible medical expenses will be settled directly by the insurance company with the hospital. In the past, insurance customers who were interested in seeking medical treatment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area often needed to follow up through different channels one by one, from searching for suitable hospitals, making appointments, applying for pre-approval, and processing payments. The new service integrates these key links, allowing customers to more easily grasp relevant arrangements, thereby enjoying a smoother, more convenient, clearer and more transparent cross-border medical treatment experience. Li Xuming, chief health director of Manulife Hong Kong and Macau, said, "As customers' needs are no longer limited to traditional protection, we are committed to creating more coherent health solutions, allowing customers to more easily obtain the medical services they need and control the entire medical treatment process. Now more and more customers live, work or travel in Hong Kong and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, and expect medical support The service can match their lifestyle. As the first insurance company in Hong Kong to launch cross-border medical direct payment services with Ant Health, we combine insurance, medical services and digital innovation to simplify the cross-border medical treatment process for customers. This cooperation fully reflects Manulife’s commitment to becoming a trusted health partner and helping them obtain cross-border medical services more securely and conveniently.” This service combines Manulife Hong Kong’s insurance expertise,

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