Provisions in the law which came into force in February have been used for what appears to be the first time, with the department redacting details of goods and providers […]...
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GOV.UK App launches nationwide
The new mobile program through which government intends citizens will access a comprehensive range of departmental services is now open for widespread public download via the two major smartphone platforms […]...
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DfE and DWP ‘exploring options’ for free school meals enrolment via UC claims process
Ahead of eligibility being widened to include 500,000 additional schoolchildren, government has been urged by campaigners to implement automatic enrolment for pupils that will soon qualify for a free lunch […]...
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HMRC opens bidding for £500m hyperscale contract to address ‘increasing levels of technical debt’
The department has concluded that it wishes to appoint one of the market’s biggest cloud firms to lead modernisation, which has a 2028 deadline for successfully exiting three Fujitsu datacentres […]...
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Scottish Government shows progress on broadband rollout
Holyrood’s flagship programme for boosting connectivity across the remote and rural areas of Scotland rolled out broadband to an additional 7,000 homes beyond its target for the 2025 fiscal year […]...
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DWP plans £11m engagement to ensure long-term future of AI-powered ‘conversational platform’
A system which invites callers to describe enquiries in their own words was deployed in 2022 and the department now wishes to engage with the market to explore future capabilities […]...
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NHS claims approval of new GP IT system breaks duo’s 25-year dominance
Green light has been given to a new digital platform from Medicus, giving the firm licence to enter a market that has, for decades, been dominated by EMIS and TPP […]...
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Glasgow services downed and citizen data ‘presumed’ stolen after cyberattack
The local authority for Scotland’s largest city has announced that a breach was first discovered last week, since when numerous services have been impacted, including parking, registration and refuse platforms […]...
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More than three quarters of calls to HMRC classified as ‘failure demand’ in 2024/25
The proportion of helpline interactions that are caused by the departments’ errors and delays, or by a mistake on the part of the user, has risen sharply in recent years […]...
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Scottish Government backs innovative academic spin-outs with £4m fund
Ministers have begun investing a funding package with support for initiatives including a project to help solve challenges in commercialising ideas, as well as a programme to train computing teachers […]...
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