October 17, 2025

3 Minutes

Business and industry News

Home Office signs £17m deal to enable comms between Airwave and ESN devices during migration

Sam Trendall October 17, 2025

As the troubled tech programme begins migrating users from the outgoing system to its replacement, project leaders have invested in a tool enabling users of the respective infrastructures to connect […]...

3 Minutes

Government and politics Highlights News

Minister: ‘Veterans’ card is a good case study to show digital ID works and will be very beneficial’

Sam Trendall October 17, 2025

As government makes its move into digital credentials, PublicTechnology asked whether the platform could help demonstrate the benefits of the technology that the administration has been keen to talk up […]...

4 Minutes

News Society and welfare

Government launches digital Veteran Card

Sam Trendall October 17, 2025

Those who have served in the military will now be able to obtain an electronic document to be stored on their phone and presented to access specialist support and discounts […]...

2 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

SNP passes resolution opposing deployment of facial recognition without new laws

PublicTechnology staff October 17, 2025

At its yearly gathering, the governing party north of the border has greenlit a proposal that, unless primary legislation is passed, it will formally oppose police use of automated tech […]...

PublicTechnology

October 17, 2025

Home Office signs £17m deal to enable comms between Airwave and ESN devices during migration

Minister: ‘Veterans’ card is a good case study to show digital ID works and will be very beneficial’

Government launches digital Veteran Card

SNP passes resolution opposing deployment of facial recognition without new laws

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

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