November 2023

4 Minutes
News Society and welfare

‘Making tax difficult’ – MPs scold HMRC over £2bn digitisation costs for users

Scathing report from the Public Accounts Committee criticises ‘utterly extraordinary’ decision to exclude transitional costs for users, but department says that additional tax revenue will offset spending on tech programme […]...
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4 Minutes
Economics and finance Highlights News

‘Our current set-up is unsustainable’ – DWP modernisation project signs £1m deal to progress work on unified digital service for benefits

Department signs contract to support ongoing development of single ‘get financial support’ service as part of major project launched this year and intended to deliver ‘modernisation’ for 20 million citizens […]...
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3 Minutes
Government and politics News

Cabinet Office seeks new top dog to ‘lead transformation to digitally enabled 21st century civil service’

Central department opens recruitment for new permanent secretary – who will also serve as civil service chief operating officer – who will replace outgoing Alex Chisholm, who has spearheaded digitisation […]...
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3 Minutes
News Public order, justice and rights

Home Office installs £600k video walls in high-tech upgrade of ‘control and command centre’ for emergency response

Department signs tech firm to potential three-year contract – which includes specifications about manufacturers under risky ‘foreign ownership’ – to deliver revamp of facility for major operations and incident response […]...
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5 Minutes
Education and skills News

AI could save £5bn a year and take workload from ‘tens of thousands’ of jobs, government ops chief says

Outgoing Cabinet Office chief Alex Chisholm tells conference that automation could perform much of the duties of swathes of admin staff – comments that have since been reinforced by ministers […]...
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4 Minutes
Business and industry News

Transparency: Court rules that junior officials’ names should not be redacted from public legal challenges

Judge sides with human rights charity and instructs government that identities of civil servants outside the SCS should be protected ‘only where it is necessary for good and sufficient reason’ […]...
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