Economics and finance

13 Minutes

Economics and finance Highlights

HMRC Transformation Roadmap: New citizen services, more revenue and ‘cultural change’ across department

Sam Trendall July 23, 2025

PublicTechnology explores the tax agency’s ambitious vision for the coming years, including ‘automating tax where possible’, investing in new analytics technology to help combat fraud, and upgrading ageing IT infrastructure […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

HMRC pegs IT contract spending at £1.6bn a year and targets move away from ‘legacy service integrators’

Sam Trendall July 21, 2025

Annual report outlines efforts to open up procurement to more providers, to support objective to ‘have fewer technologies providing our IT platforms, so we can scale them up more easily’ […]...

4 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Improved analytics could save Whitehall billions in fraud losses, NAO report finds

Jim Dunton July 16, 2025

Auditors warn that there is currently ‘no clear plan’ to realise the potential of data to eat into the current tally of up to £80bn lost to fraud each year […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance Highlights News

HMRC seeks ‘novel and innovative solutions’ to help close £50bn tax gap

Sam Trendall July 15, 2025

The department has outlined its intent to put in place a £6m commercial engagement with the aim of hearing from possible suppliers of new technology or techniques for data analysis […]...

2 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Departments told to prep for new digital finance data system

Tevye Markson July 1, 2025

HM Treasury is preparing to implement a new digital system that is intended to support a better centralised understanding of spending in real time, while lessening compliance burdens on agencies […]...

10 Minutes

Economics and finance Features

Spending Review: How are departments planning to use tech to save billions?

Jim Dunton June 26, 2025

PublicTechnology dives into the detail of HM Treasury’s recently published efficiency plans document This month’s Spending Review saw government departments committing to combined annual efficiency savings of £13.8bn by 2028-29, […]...

4 Minutes

Economics and finance Highlights News

UPDATED: Government stresses ‘limited time and strict terms’ as HMRC signs £220m Fujitsu contingency extension

Sam Trendall June 25, 2025

As department retains supplier on datacentre deal, government initially stated there was a wider drive to ‘remove Fujitsu from government systems’, but has now indicated this applies only to HMRC […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

HMRC AI and tech to support plan to collect extra £500m tax from most wealthy

Sam Trendall June 20, 2025

Senior leaders have appeared before MPs to outline plans to make more and better use of tech, as well as equipping an enlarged team of expert officials with improved data […]...

4 Minutes

Economics and finance News

HMRC opens anti-fraud centre as stated losses from recent phishing campaign increase by £2m

Sam Trendall June 17, 2025

Following recent criminal activity in which hackers successfully accessed the online PAYE accounts of 100,000 individuals, the department has opened doors on a new facility to detect and disable fraud […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Government Gateway to be ready for retirement ‘during this parliament’, minister claims

Sam Trendall June 16, 2025

After a quarter century in operation and almost a decade on from the initial commencement of a decommissioning process, the HMRC IT system seemingly now has an updated end date […]...

PublicTechnology

Economics and finance

HMRC Transformation Roadmap: New citizen services, more revenue and ‘cultural change’ across department

HMRC pegs IT contract spending at £1.6bn a year and targets move away from ‘legacy service integrators’

Improved analytics could save Whitehall billions in fraud losses, NAO report finds

HMRC seeks ‘novel and innovative solutions’ to help close £50bn tax gap

Departments told to prep for new digital finance data system

Spending Review: How are departments planning to use tech to save billions?

UPDATED: Government stresses ‘limited time and strict terms’ as HMRC signs £220m Fujitsu contingency extension

HMRC AI and tech to support plan to collect extra £500m tax from most wealthy

HMRC opens anti-fraud centre as stated losses from recent phishing campaign increase by £2m

Government Gateway to be ready for retirement ‘during this parliament’, minister claims

Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

Waste not: How civil servants are rethinking productivity

Lessons from the frontline: What NHS cancer pilots reveal about the future of care

The school meal debate: A digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

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