Plan for White House-style press conferences axed – but not before expensive refurb...
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HMRC confirms new leader for £1bn Making Tax Digital scheme
Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax...
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Poor data and lack of strategy perpetuate Whitehall skills gaps, report finds
Study from the IfG disputes notion civil service is dominated by generalists, but that experts’ impact is stymied...
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Student Loans Company adds Capgemini to ‘strategic partner’ base in £150m deal
Public body awards seven-year contract to consultancy...
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Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands...
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Defra revamps recruitment to reduce reliance on consultants
Digital chief Harriet Green tells PublicTechnology Live event that department has focused on specialisms, rather than the generalist skills the civil service recruitment process is designed to find...
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Trials to monitor smart meter data in elderly care
Scottish institutions to work with consenting older citizens to track energy usage...
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Two thirds of workers did not work from home at all in 2020, ONS data finds
Last year saw a big rise, but comfortable majority still work on-site...
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Ministers encourages citizens concerned over Facebook leak to visit Have I Been Pwned? website
Up to 11 million UK accounts recently saw personal information published online...
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Hancock a shareholder in family document digitisation firm that won NHS deals
DHSC says health secretary ‘acted entirely properly’...
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