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Year-long pilot will include up to 11 firms

Home Office floats £10m deal

Labour supports possible creation of local schemes

Role advertised to oversee NHS use of data

Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited

Cabinet Office annual report shows digital agency also brought in more than £2m in extra revenue

Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme

JCWI and Foxglove claim victory in legal fight

As many as 20 roles available in Newcastle and Manchester

Candidates can now be assessed without any physical contact

Watchdog agrees with campaign group that Boris Johnson made inaccurate statements

Tax agency head salutes colleagues’ work in building new platforms at speed

Move comes after calls from local authorities

The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term

Most department staff have remained onsite during pandemic, although some ‘ad hoc’ arrangements have been made

Report from NAO finds that programme may end up costing more than the systems it replaced

Government unveils package of £700m to support post-Brexit border arrangements as it launches major comms campaign

Charities affected by the pandemic have been helped out by group of IT and digital professionals 

Auditors uncover £15m in fraud and errors and urge vigilance against dangers posed by pandemic

Peers also urge the introduction of prompts when accessing government services and an online tool for checking registration

In a lengthy attempt to find out about the security of government’s software systems, PublicTechnology finds a very uneven approach to transparency and what constitutes sensitive information