The prime minister is set to detail how he will make the state work for working people in a speech today in a “digital revolution” with an emphasis on AI.

New plans announced to support delivery of the PM’s overarching goal will include new AI and tech teams sent into public sector departments to drive improvements and efficiency in public services.

According to the PM, one in ten civil servants will work in tech and digital roles within the next five years with 2,000 tech apprenticeships turbo charging the transformation.

The prime minister is slated to say: “The great forces buffeting the lives of working people, and an era of instability driving in their lives….

“The need for greater urgency now could not be any clearer. We must move further and faster on security and renewal.

“Every pound spent, every regulation, every decision must deliver for working people…

“If we push forward with the digitisation of government services. There are up to £45bn worth of savings and productivity benefits, ready to be realised.

“And that’s before we even consider the golden opportunity of artificial intelligence. An opportunity I am determined to seize.”

The PM aims to fundamentally reshape the way the British state delivers and serves working people by becoming more tech-driven, productive, agile and mission focused, alongside further detail on the digitalisation of public services and the wider British state.

The approach is set to be underpinned by the mantra that “No person’s substantive time should be spent on a task where digital or AI can do it better, quicker, and to the same high quality and standard.”

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The digitisation will include sweeping modernisations, and a new apprenticeship scheme, TechTrack, that will bring 2,000 apprentices into public sector departments by 2030, making sure the UK Government has the skills needed to overhaul public services using tech.

“There is a £45 billion jackpot to secure if we use technology properly across our public sector – but we can’t hope to come close to securing that if we don’t have the right technical talent with us in government,” technology secretary Peter Kyle said.

“Not only will these changes help fix our public services, but it will save taxpayer cash by slashing the need for thousands of expensive contractors and create opportunities across the country across the country as part of our Plan for change.”