June 11, 2025

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Spending Review: HMRC given £500m to ensure ‘90% of customer interactions are digital’

Sam Trendall June 11, 2025

As well as half a billion pounds to improve citizen services and reduce analogue provision, spending review gives tax department an additional £1.6bn to upgrade core computing and data infrastructure […]...

3 Minutes

Government and politics News

Spending Review: Digital government plans backed with £1.9bn

Sam Trendall June 11, 2025

One pound in ten of the £3.25bn transformation fund will support the work of GDS in the next two years, while its parent department will invest in new AI units […]...

4 Minutes

Business and industry News

DWP signs £265m contact centre deal with UK SME

Sam Trendall June 11, 2025

Departmental deal could nearly triple Bristolian outfit’s annual revenue, as CEO says growth is built on solid foundations and DWP claims such engagements with smaller local players promote ‘marketplace diversity’ […]...

3 Minutes

News Society and welfare

Home Office hopes automatic data-sharing will ‘reduce need to evidence immigration status’

Sam Trendall June 11, 2025

Minister indicates that, by allowing systems across the health service and Whitehall agencies to better integrate and swap information, the home affairs department would be able to automatically confirm status […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News Public order, justice and rights

AI training to be provided to every government employee

Tevye Markson June 11, 2025

Annual programme focused on promoting growth in a key area of expertise each year will, as part of the 2025 iteration, upskill half a million civil servants on artificial intelligence […]...

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June 11, 2025

Spending Review: HMRC given £500m to ensure ‘90% of customer interactions are digital’

Spending Review: Digital government plans backed with £1.9bn

DWP signs £265m contact centre deal with UK SME

Home Office hopes automatic data-sharing will ‘reduce need to evidence immigration status’

AI training to be provided to every government employee

Waste not: How civil servants are rethinking productivity

Lessons from the frontline: What NHS cancer pilots reveal about the future of care

Interoperability in NHS cancer care: Fixing the digital disconnect

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

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