An updated timeline has been set for the major project to create a single online home where citizens can access pension information – which was originally scheduled to conclude in […]...
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Treasury signs £20m software deal
Government’s finance department has picked frequent public sector partner Phoenix to fulfil both its need for Microsoft wares and other products, in a contract that could run for five years […]...
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Emergency drones and a crypto tax bonanza: Six things you may have missed in the budget
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt grabbed plenty of headlines with a pledge to put billions of pounds into public service digital and data transformation. PublicTechnology delves into the detail of his plans. […]...
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Auditors urge government to take long-term view on success of major projects
The National Audit Office has published a report calling on government to take a more holistic approach to evaluating success of large programmes, including better ongoing evaluation and stakeholder engagement […]...
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NS&I signs £170m IBM deal to create mobile banking app and reach ‘endpoint of digital trajectory’
The state-owned savings bank wishes to complete its journey to becoming a fully online retail bank, as well as boosting its digital offering that supports a number of HMRC services […]...
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Digital Leaders’ Download: Treasury leader Cat Little on how policy and digital can combine to deliver ‘radical’ new outcomes
As part of our series of interviews with some of government’s foremost leaders – published in partnership with CDDO – HM Treasury’s Cat Little discusses leadership, AI, and the upcoming spending […]...
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Government finance pros look to get the most of tech and data in long-term plan
HM Treasury will next year create a plan for the remainder of the decade which, according to second perm sec Cat Little, will focus on skills, technology and data use […]...
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SME body praises HMRC engagement on Making Tax Digital but warns ‘many challenges remain’
The Administrative Burdens Advisory Board, which aims to represent the views and interests of businesses, claims that its concerns have been largely heeded – but stresses that further engagement is […]...
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HMRC to focus tax return helpline on ‘priority calls’ with others pointed to online services
With the deadline for self-assessment filing coming at the end of next month, the department has decided to redirect to digital services the majority of those calling the support helpline […]...
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Privacy fears raised over digital pound proposals
MPs have voiced concerns following the publication of a report from campaign group Big Brother Watch urging government to learn from the ‘many problems’ of previous rollouts in other countries […]...
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