
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

Equalities regulator finds police use of facial recognition ‘falls short’ on human rights law
Public body charged with protecting human rights has acknowledged the potential for the technology to

GDS report finds population smartphone data offers ‘strategic and practical benefits for public sector’
Information gathered by the devices and apps in tens millions of people’s hands could provide

Cumbrian council advertises 25 tech roles including dedicated AI officers
Local authority for Westmorland and Furness is advertising a range of vacancies, including positions focused

UK Space Agency to be subsumed into DSIT
As part of ongoing drive to consider the future of agencies and ALBs, minsters announce

Defra retains £6m deal for customer ID system – but intends to integrate One Login
Department agrees new engagement for an initial period of two years, providing continued support for

South Yorkshire Police reprimanded over deletion of almost 100,000 evidential videos
The UK’s regulator for data protection has announced the results of an investigation which found