Thousands of cards that can be used by civil servants to make singular purchases of urgently needed products and services, which often includes basic IT equipment, are to be paused […]...

The department will next month launch a digital service enabling citizens to check their tax code and other info, while also planning a transatlantic pilot of new technological trade tools […]...

In his last select committee appearance, outgoing boss Sir Jim Harra told MPs about the tax department’s ongoing work to deliver significant efficiencies, albeit still £19m behind the stated target […]...

Following a review that found the existing singular process for providing investment causes delays and inefficiencies, government will trial a quartet of mechanisms for staged, portfolio and risk-based funding methods […]...

Three years after the final tranche of firms was switched to the digitised tax regime, the department has published a concluding evaluation considering the impact on tax revenue and businesses […]...

Internal software engineers working for the tax department have implemented a machine learning tool which identifies and helps disable websites charging citizens for services offered free via government’s own site […]...

With less than two months left for citizens to check in and address any contribution gaps in the past 20 years, government’s tax agency is urging people to go online […]...

The Whole of Government Accounts, which last year had limited or no data from nine in ten local councils, could again be ‘disclaimed’ by the National Audit Office this year […]...

Ministers have revealed that ‘HMT-GPT’ technology will be used to help assess funding bids made by agencies, with the aim of enabling the finance department to better understand government spending […]...

A new study published this week will be accompanied by an outline of plans for a major revamp of the current public sector digital and tech landscape, ministers have indicated […]...