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Although big-ticket technology announcements were largely absent from the chancellor’s speech, the Budget contained a number of initiatives and investments in digital and data

Chancellor’s Budget pledges that new 2% tariff will be targeted at global giants – not domestic start-ups

With the annual worldwide cost of cybercrime set to double from $3tn in 2015 to $6tn by 2021, BT offers advice on how chief information security officers can better protect their organisations

The Financial Conduct Authority is to launch a four-year framework for technology and services to support a move to cloud computing

PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall looks at the public sector’s vexed relationship with failure

Simon Stevens points to similar taxes imposed in industries such as gambling

Department advertises for two senior roles each paying about £85,000

Five of the service’s seven existing commercial partners will assume responsibility for the product

Value of eSourcing framework shoots up from £4m to £10m as buying agency expects platform to process an increased amount of spending

London-based IT outfit awarded four-year contract for infrastructure services

Meg Hillier writes to Jon Thompson expressing doubts about whether tax agency will be ready for no-deal Brexit

Eight companies have been chosen to receive £15,000 in R&D funds

Figure goes back past 3,000 as parish councils continue to embrace digital – but we bid farewell to secureyourfertiliser.gov.uk

Government agency picks partner to explore how distributed ledger technology could help deliver ‘faster, simpler, and cheaper’ services

Supplier list seen by PublicTechnology shows close to 3,000 firms have gained a place on the new iteration of the government digital services framework. Find out who made the cut

DCMS and BEIS to examine how legislation could be developed to ensure tech developments and data sharing benefit consumers across regulated markets

Chris Farthing of Advice Cloud digs beneath the headline numbers to find both good news and cause for concern for government’s SME suppliers

West Midlands city signs partnership with auction site in bid to help local SMEs grow their business by selling online

Report from techUK advises that, to make good on digital transformation plans, local authorities should assemble a leadership collective

Government must protect consumers by regulating Bitcoin and others, the Treasury Select Committee has urged

Neil McEvoy of Digital Scotland explains how the country could learn from the low-cost and replicable systems implemented by Estonia, and why GovTech is huge opportunity for the Scottish Government