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Think tank calls on government to postpone spending review again
Treasury says gap between reviews could be extended to six years is no more than ‘speculation’ currently
Should students be refunded for online-only courses – and who should pay?
Some students paying more than £9,000 per year for tuition believe they are being short-changed...
Scotland proposes more virtual courts
Increased use of technology is among ‘basket of measures’ considered to clear case backlog
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East Suffolk looks to smart towns
Felixstowe, Beccles and Saxmundham are to benefit from increased connectivity and data-gathering
Contact-tracing app downloads top 10 million
Government claims almost half a million businesses have printed QR-code posters
Government suppliers asked to show social value
New procurement measures introduced
Civil service graduate scheme seeks 60 budding technologists
Digital, data and technology profession has one of the biggest allowances
DCMS keeping tabs on child-safety implications of Apple updates
New versions of the vendor’s operating systems include support for DNS over HTTPS
Defra picks £46m Microsoft licensing partner
Phoenix Software picked for three-year contract
Government follows tech firms’ lead in launching autism internship scheme
Programme will recruit 18-25 year olds
Government appoints task force to help mitigate impact of Huawei ban via ‘diversification’ of telecoms market
A selection of telecoms executives and academics will help deliver a strategy to be published later this year
Contact-tracing app launches today
Major networks announce that use of program will not be taken from data allowances
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
Citizens will be offered the chance to create an online login
Companies House to clamp down on identity fraud with verification tools and better data
Register of companies announces reforms
Shadow minister claims government ‘addicted’ to outsourcing
Rachel Reeves criticises amount of public money spent with private firms
New GDS minister unveils vision for single sign-on
Julia Lopez wants to improve system for citizens to identify themselves
Scottish start-ups get funding boost
Public funding dedicated to help smaller firms survive pandemic
London NHS bodies team up to plan £2m digital mental-health platform for young people
Ten CCGs and trusts look to improve access to remote services
Policy on public sector use of US cloud under review as uncertainty grows over post-Brexit data transfers
GDS and NHS Digital asked to review policies after collapse of Privacy Shield agreement and ongoing lack of data adequacy status with EU
MPs tell Home Office to improve data or ‘the next scandal is around the corner’
Damning report from PAC finds that department has ‘no idea’ about outcomes of its enforcement activities
DCMS taps consultancy to help build transformation plan
Digital department is expecting ‘increased responsibilities’ as government works on coronavirus recovery
NHS opens bidding on £1bn PC and print framework
Suppliers sought across six lots covering a comprehensive range of end-user devices
Scotland to create ten 5G hubs
Scottish Government supports network of connectivity sites with £4m funding
Reforms will allow civil service to ‘respond faster and better to the needs of the public’, PM claims
Boris Johnson tells select committee that pandemic response has shown ‘there are some times when we need to move faster’