After nine years and more than £6bn in fees taken by over 1,000 services, GDS is now seeking to better support public bodies to rapidly begin processing payments from citizens […]...
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Watchdog signs off consultancy gig for ex-Whitehall leader Chisholm but warns ‘risks must be mitigated’
One of the world’s largest consulting firms, with annual revenues of almost £10bn, has hired the erstwhile civil service chief operating officer to advise on its business outside the UK […]...
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Algorithmic transparency requirement added to digital spend controls
Tweaks made to government’s commercial guidance for departments’ spending on digital and tech projects include reiteration of new mandate for publishing data, as well as updates to investment risk metrics […]...
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Watch: What’s next for local councils’ digital ambitions
The UK government has pledged to “reset” its relationship with local authorities, marking a new era for public sector collaboration, digital innovation, and service delivery. But what does this reset […]...
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HMRC opens bids for £450m deal for digital NI-GB trade platform
Government tax agency is seeking a new provider partner to assist with the delivery of the Trader Support Service, a digital system for traders sending goods across the Irish Sea […]...
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Nine-department shared services group signs £25m deals for ‘implementation and change’ consultancy
Matrix cluster of policy departments, which is to standardise on Workday systems, is led by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and also features the Cabinet Office and Treasury […]...
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Minister signals government intent to end public funding for National Parking Platform
DfT began work six years ago on a system providing a hub to which parking providers and payment firms can connect, while drivers can use the apps of their choice […]...
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Labour MP group pushes digital ID card agenda
Almost 20 years after Tony Blair legislated for ID cards and 15,000 citizens voluntarily signed up, new parliamentarians are lobbying for digital identification, while batting off the concerns of colleagues […]...
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‘Reset’ AI Security Institute agrees MoU with US start-up and cuts bias and free-speech remit
Former AI Safety Institute will undergo major changes, while government more widely will work with Silicon Valley entity Anthropic, an AI and research firm and developer of virtual assistant Claude […]...
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HS2 signs £100m deal for passenger telecoms services
A joint venture comprising specialist elements of IT firms Hitachi and Telent is awarded a contract of more than 13 years to implement infrastructure to support passenger and operational communications […]...
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