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Evening Standard
Anna Wise

Capita eyes £250m savings from AI and staff leavers

Capita is a major contractor for local authorities (Alamy/PA) -

Outsourcing firm Capita has hiked its cost-saving target as it expects to shed around a fifth of staff who leave voluntarily while ramping up the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

The major contractor for the Government and local authorities, which employs about 41,000 people around the world, raised its savings target from £160 million to up to £250 million on Tuesday.

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