The use of automated decision-making in UK public services is on the rise. Do not be fooled by the cloak of impartiality: the implications are deeply political.
Locked in a constant battle for the treatment they are legally entitled to, more than a million children with special educational needs in the UK are not getting the support they need.
The Home Office charges £1,012 to children born in the UK who need to apply for British citizenship. The High Court recently found this to be unlawful but for these children, the story remains the same.