Responding to a recent report that identified what critics claim represents ‘a systemic failure’ of the immigration regime, ministers have again downplayed the extent of data issues with digital records […]...

As top officials admit uncertainty over case details and an inability for data to pass between different bits of government, government leaders reassure MPs that integration work is near completion […]...

Mike Tapp says new system for assessing visa applicants’ language skills could deliver ‘strengthened identity management and security and much greater visibility and control over the service for the department’ […]...

Government’s foreign affairs department has alerted the market to a plan to seek out and sign a contract with a tech provider which will help deliver services across the planet […]...

Many of those currently undertaking Life in the UK tests rely on physical learning materials before attending a government centre for testing, but UKVI has plans to modernise the service […]...

A report has shone a light on many ongoing issues with governance and infrastructure, and called for the creation of a new ‘blueprint’ for data operations in the long term […]...

Tools that could be ‘fully integrated’ into border and asylum processes in the coming months will be used to support decisions, rather than to make such calls on its own […]...

The department wishes to hear from specialists that could help further its understanding of what could be offered by current tools on the market, as well as possible future developments […]...

The department is currently engaging with both potential tech suppliers and other branches of government to assess whether tests administered as part of immigration system could be undertaken at home […]...

In the same week as Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer agree a new collaboration on tackling Channel crossings, the department has unveiled an intended deployment of upgraded modern surveillance tech […]...