At a recent roundtable event, PublicTechnology and Gamma brought together a range of senior digital professionals to discuss the looming spectre of the UK’s exit from the EU, and what […]...
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Digital expansion has made DCMS ‘safe from extinction’, says departing perm sec
Dame Sue Owen claims the department’s growth into technology and data policy areas has been a success...
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Universal Credit applications will not pull through existing claimant data
DWP minister Justin Tomlinson claims department wants to ‘avoid transferring errors from legacy benefits’...
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Deputy first minister flags up importance of Scottish cyber resilience
John Swinney tells Holyrood conference that most attackers are ‘exploiting the same basic failings’...
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Government criticised for settled status hotline call charges
Campaign group and politicians urge Home Office to scrap charge of up to 40p per minute ...
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Courts system outage saw eight cases adjourned
Hearings at courts in Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, and Norwich were affected ...
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MPs call for social media addiction to be classified as a disease
All-party group encourages the implementation of a tax on online firms’ profits to fund initiatives to improve young people’s mental health...
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‘Does GDS still have a role to play?’ – Cunnington faces MPs
The ongoing select committee inquiry into digital government did not pull any punches when it heard oral evidence from GDS director general Kevin Cunnington. But was the digital government chief left […]...
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Home secretary tells web giants ‘enough is enough’ on extremist content
Sajid Javid criticises YouTube, Google, Facebook, and Twitter...
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport gets new chief
Current Cabinet Office director general Sarah Healey will replace Sue Owen at the start of next month...
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