
Government explores compulsory digital ID scheme as part of illegal immigration push
Cabinet discusses digital identity scheme following Pat McFadden’s interest in Estonia’s X-Road system, support from

MoD can’t provide exact cost for resettling Afghans hit by data breach
National Audit Office lacks confidence in the ministry’s estimate of £850m cost of the Afghanistan

‘Allowing people to have a voice’ – Croydon explores public engagement platform
London’s most populous borough has indicated a plan to work with a tech provider, which

DVSA awards £73m contract for new Driver Services Platform
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency selects existing partner Kainos for four-year contract to deliver new

Government needs to go ‘further and faster’ on information security improvements
Cabinet Office has published previously secret 2023 review of data security, as well as a

Copilot saves staff time but does not improve productivity, DBT pilot finds
A trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot by the Department for Business and Trade has found

HMRC chooses Public Digital for £14m strategy and delivery contract
HM Revenue and Customs set to award deal to consultancy founded by former Government Digital

Two train companies trial GPS-based pay as you go ticketing
East Midlands Rail and Northern Rail seek 4,000 volunteers for government-funded trail of system that

Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme
Commission’s three-year programme set to include improving online services for trustees, reviewing collection and use

CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence
Crown Prosecution Service introduces Correspondence Drafting Tool that uses Microsoft OpenAI’s GPT4 large language model

Top tech firms urged to prep for new anti-fraud obligations
From next month, many businesses, as well as charities and other bodies, could be on

DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has added more than 1,200 FTE staff as

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies
National Cyber Security Centre and agencies in 12 other countries advise those managing networks for

Will 4chan pay its Ofcom fines?
Lawyers acting on behalf of the notorious website have claimed that the penalties issued by

GDS recruits director and engineers for Incubator for Artificial Intelligence
Government Digital Service also seeks leader for Government Efficiency Accelerator programme on piloting and adopting

Electoral Commission awards security operations centre contract following voter registration data breach
Commission to spend £302,000 over four years on managed security service after earlier cyberattack on

Former top officials including GCDO Potter cleared for post-government jobs
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments published conditions for Mike Potter’s role at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,

ONS buys in leadership support for labour data and 2031 Census
Office for National Statistics awards digital consultancy Zaizi £200k contract for a solutions architect to