Right to rent: Home Office to enable third-party digital ID checks for landlords
Private sector service providers will be certified to verify identities of prospective tenants and employees
Struggles of HMRC border IT system cause import delays
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HMRC signs £85m five-year deal for customs software and support
IT reseller SCC wins contract
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CDDO working on guidance for ‘standardising government use of cloud’
Process will look at strategies adopted by other countries
UK-Singapore agreement will ‘update trade rules for digital age'
Ministers hail significance of new cooperation deal
UK and US ministers hail ‘significant progress’ on data adequacy
UK digital secretary Dorries promises that countries should deepen
Afghanistan evacuation hampered by ‘chaotic’ IT systems
Whistleblower also claims understaffing and a lack of guidance harmed efforts to evacuate vulnerable Afghans
Home Office: Video asylum interviews blighted by tech issues and lack of training, report finds
Immigration watchdog cites IT issues as key contributor to growing delays in asylum decisions
Brexit: Border systems and processes still need ‘much more work’, says NAO report
Auditors’ assessment praises work that has taken place so far but warns of ongoing threats to successful delivery
Information commissioner succession plans confirmed
Elizabeth Denham will remain in post for an extra month and her deputies will take on regulatory duties for a further month until incoming chief John Edwards starts in new year
Johnson, Biden and Morrison target cyber and AI defence collaboration
AUKUS pact will see nations ramp up work together on defence technology
Government bemoans ‘outdated system’ as asylum backlog hits all-time high
Pile of cases continues to grow as government faces calls to help Afghan refugees
German authorities arrest UK embassy worker for allegedly leaking documents to Russian intelligence
Individual known as David S detained in Berlin
Will government reconsider digital-only status for EU nationals?
Having hitherto steadfastly maintained its opposition to issuing physical documents to recipients of EU settled status, the Home Office recently met with campaigners to listen to new proposals. PublicTechnology finds out more.
HM Passport Office picks £50m data transformation partner
Kainos awarded potential five-year deal to work on organisation’s data products
‘Thousands may be slipping through the cracks’ – report warns elderly and vulnerable missed by EU settlement scheme
Parliamentary committee concerned that only 2% of applications have come from over-65s
IT professionals sought in Patel’s programme for ‘skilled’ refugees
But critics say pilot programme does not make up for ‘hateful’ new laws
New borders and immigration enforcement chief to oversee conclusion of £400m digital rollout
The Home Office is recruiting a director general for a newly merged post, a key responsibility of which will be overseeing the final stages of its troubled digital borders scheme
Minister claims EU rebuffed UK proposals to maintain mutual free roaming
UK proposed ‘continuation of reciprocal agreements’ – which the EU did not agree to, according to Matt Warman
AI used in Army operation for first time
Soldiers used a tool providing information on nearby terrain
EU settlement scheme received six million applications
Volume of people applying is double the number of EU citizens previously thought to be living in the UK
Government faces calls to extend EU settlement deadline and rethink digital-only status
Former shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield warns of ‘Windrush-style scandal’
EU gives UK data adequacy green light
Decision means information can continue to flow freely across borders
MI5 seeks chief data officer who is ‘comfortable with ambiguity’
Role comes with £100k-plus pay packet and remit to help lead transformation programme