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Oxford NHS trust digital chief sentenced for fraud over false degree claims
Senior manager given suspended prison sentence
DCMS posts largest gender pay gap in government
Other tech-focused entities, including Cabinet Office and HMRC’s in-house IT firm, post single-digit differences
Home Office misses targets for release of scrutiny reports
Consistent failure to meet eight-week guidelines is latest in a number of instances in which department has published data late or not at all
Government faces Commons backlash over ‘regrettable’ Huawei decision
A number of government and opposition MPs have joined US politicians in calling for Chinese vendor to be excluded from national communications network
Multimillion-pound campaign resulted in 3% of adult population doing online Brexit-readiness check
NAO report finds that government drive had limited impact on public preparedness
NHS moves major systems to AWS cloud
Two national services have been migrated to cloud environment
Huawei given green light for role in 5G network
Chinese vendor will remain excluded from so-called core areas of the network
Stockport council introduces AI-powered chatbot
Local authority implements Ami program
Government introduces IoT security laws
All devices will need to conform to three security requirements
‘No individual data’ compromised during massive DfE breach, minister claims
Access to information in the Learning Records Service – which contains data on 28 million children – was provided via a third-party firm
Regulators issue warning over police use of facial recognition
Biometrics and information commissioners remind Met Police that questions remain over both legal footing and public sentiment
Trump and Johnson discuss Huawei as sources warn situation could imperil trade deal
Pressure grows for UK to follow US and Australian lead and ban Chinese vendor from mobile network
London police to roll out live facial recognition technology
Critics ramp up opposition as force announces controversial kit will go into live operational use
Nicola Sturgeon warns of risk of ‘communities left behind’ by new technology
Scotland’s first minister says AI and automation will bring both opportunities and dangers
Civil service top dog Manzoni to leave government
As Cabinet Office perm sec, departing CEO oversaw digital transformation agenda
Bank of England looks to public cloud future
Institution seeks partner to assist with construction of new infrastructure
Worcestershire hospital deploys iPads to assist mother-baby bonding
Tech will allow new parents to interact with children requiring specialist care
NHS Lanarkshire unveils plans for ‘Scotland’s first digital hospital’
Facility will include kit such as mobile technology and large touchscreen information points
Home Office admits some immigration data ‘only held on paper’
Department is unable to share information on numbers of asylum applicants granted right to work as case files are only in hard-copy or other non-reportable formats
Chancellor says UK will press on with tax on digital giants despite US threat of ‘arbitrary’ reprisal
Sajid Javid says tariff is ‘proportionate’ as US counterpart turns up the rhetorical heat
Report finds ‘warning signs of government becoming less open’
Annual study from Institute for Government flags up patchy approach to transparency and ‘mixed’ progress on digital transformation