Issue 060 · Thursday, 3 September 2026
Britain made accounting software a legal requirement, then asked the software companies to give it away
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt BrazilOn Tuesday we said this change arrives without anyone deciding it. Today, the exception
- Dr. Leah SandovalSage says its AI saves people over five hours a week. The people who said so are not named, and we cannot find anyone outside the company who has checked
- James VahidA select committee told the government three years ago that it was making taxpayers buy software. In April it started, and 864,000 people found out what that meant
- Ada OkaforThis month HMRC starts signing people up to an obligation without choosing the tool that meets it. The choosing was always the hard part