2025

14 Minutes

Highlights Public order, justice and rights

Interview: MoJ leader on how digital can support reform and rehabilitation

Sam Trendall September 2, 2025

The ministry has been tasked with tackling major backlogs while also delivering ambitious reforms. Recently appointed CDIO Mark Thompson tells PublicTechnology how tech and data will play a key role. […]...

2 Minutes

Business and industry News

HMRC chooses Public Digital for £14m strategy and delivery contract

PublicTechnology staff September 1, 2025

HM Revenue and Customs set to award deal to consultancy founded by former Government Digital Service head Mike Bracken, who advised Labour on department’s transformation, then served as a director […]...

2 Minutes

News Transport

Two train companies trial GPS-based pay as you go ticketing

PublicTechnology staff September 1, 2025

East Midlands Rail and Northern Rail seek 4,000 volunteers for government-funded trail of system that uses mobile app and GPS locations to charge based on lowest on-the-day prices for journeys […]...

7 Minutes

Education and skills Opinion

How NISTA can drive sustained transformation

Patrick Diamond and Vijay K. Luthra September 1, 2025

By bringing strategy and delivery expertise under one roof, the centre gains a platform to integrate purpose, pounds and people from day one, and support lasting, rather than episodic reform […]...

2 Minutes

Culture, media and sport News Society and welfare

Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme

PublicTechnology staff August 29, 2025

Commission’s three-year programme set to include improving online services for trustees, reviewing collection and use of data, better targeting of advice and regulation and easier public access to charity data […]...

2 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence

PublicTechnology staff August 29, 2025

Crown Prosecution Service introduces Correspondence Drafting Tool that uses Microsoft OpenAI’s GPT4 large language model to produce initial drafts of letters and emails, with trained staff then reviewing and editing […]...

3 Minutes

Business and industry News

Top tech firms urged to prep for new anti-fraud obligations

Jim Dunton August 29, 2025

From next month, many businesses, as well as charities and other bodies, could be on the hook and criminally liable if they do not prevent offences committed by their representatives […]...

2 Minutes

Employment News

DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in

PublicTechnology staff August 28, 2025

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has added more than 1,200 FTE staff as Government Digital Service transfers from Cabinet Office, with increased staffing, contingent labour and consultancy spending […]...

2 Minutes

Cyber Security Hub Defence and Security News

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies

PublicTechnology staff August 28, 2025

National Cyber Security Centre and agencies in 12 other countries advise those managing networks for government and critical services to hunt for malicious activity and implement fixes for known problems […]...

3 Minutes

Business and industry News

Will 4chan pay its Ofcom fines?

Sofia Villegas August 28, 2025

Lawyers acting on behalf of the notorious website have claimed that the penalties issued by the UK online regulator are part of ‘illegal campaign of harassment against American technology firms’ […]...

PublicTechnology

2025

Interview: MoJ leader on how digital can support reform and rehabilitation

HMRC chooses Public Digital for £14m strategy and delivery contract

Two train companies trial GPS-based pay as you go ticketing

How NISTA can drive sustained transformation

Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme

CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence

Top tech firms urged to prep for new anti-fraud obligations

DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies

Will 4chan pay its Ofcom fines?

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

Waste not: How civil servants are rethinking productivity

The school meal debate: A digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

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