September 19, 2025

4 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Minister: ‘HMRC will be an agile department with modern IT by 2030’

Sam Trendall September 19, 2025

The newly appointed exchequer secretary and chair of the HMRC board told the department’s external stakeholders that he will cooperate with them in delivering new digital services and infrastructure upgrades […]...

MoD agency begins tests for £1bn AI-powered digital system to help ‘degrade or destroy an identified target’

Sam Trendall September 19, 2025

Supporting the work of the UK’s new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command, the Digital Targeting Web being delivered by Dstl will feature various strands, encompassing sensors and ‘deciders’ using artificial intelligence […]...

‘Great’ services drive had limited progress, NAO report finds

Sam Trendall September 19, 2025

A new study from the National Audit Office warns that departments lack sufficient understanding of the costs of services, a problem exemplified by the recent Top 75 digital transformation programme […]...

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September 19, 2025

Minister: ‘HMRC will be an agile department with modern IT by 2030’

MoD agency begins tests for £1bn AI-powered digital system to help ‘degrade or destroy an identified target’

‘Great’ services drive had limited progress, NAO report finds

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

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

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

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