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Education and skills News

DWP engages AI and tech suppliers to help shape plans for 12 areas of new Jobs and Careers services

Sam Trendall March 25, 2026

A new procurement document reveals that the department wishes to explore how technology and digital services companies could support the likes of career planning, application tracking, and help with interviews […]...

3 Minutes

News Society and welfare

DBT-led group explores using Post Office as single high-street shopfront for government services and digital support

Sam Trendall March 25, 2026

The network of almost 12,000 locations could play a role in supporting a wide range of public services, as well as helping people with digital tools and electronic identity credentials […]...

3 Minutes

Business and industry News

HMRC greenlights sole bidder AWS for £500m cloud migration deal

Sam Trendall March 24, 2026

Formal documents confirm reports that the US cloud titan was the only firm in the running for an engagement lasting up to a decade and covering key legacy migration activities […]...

2 Minutes

Defence and Security News

‘We are being imaginative to make defence appeal to young people with new skill sets’

Sam Trendall March 24, 2026

A leading military commander has advised that the Armed Forces are facing many of the same challenges as civilian businesses in striving to build expertise in digital, tech and cyber […]...

3 Minutes

News Transport

‘DVLA is pushing the boundaries of AI’

Tevye Markson and PublicTechnology staff March 24, 2026

One of government’s most visible agencies is diversifying its customer service operations, with increased automation in longstanding platforms as well as the use of new tools, according to its leader […]...

2 Minutes

Defence and Security News

MoD offers £150k-plus for digital and AI leadership duo

Sam Trendall March 23, 2026

The government department is now seeking applications for two senior managerial positions with responsibility for overseeing and maintaining a vast tech estate, as well as driving adoption of new tools […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

Scotland needs to fix data foundations to get the most out of AI, minister says

Ruaraidh Gilmour March 23, 2026

As it releases a new national AI strategy, the devolved administration’s public finance minister has said that public services need to ‘confront some of the long-term issues and common challenges’ […]...

4 Minutes

Government and politics News

Former top Tory and Vote Leave adviser de Zoete appointed to civil service role as ‘investment and AI adviser’

Sam Trendall March 20, 2026

A familiar figure around government during the Cameron, Johnson and Sunak administrations has been appointed to a new post in DSIT, which the department says followed civil service recruitment rules […]...

2 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

Serco lands £74m Home Office call-centre contract

Jim Dunton March 20, 2026

Outsourcing giant is now the main contractor for HM Passport Office’s contact centre and other business services after it was drafted in to help previous provider Teleperformance deal with backlogs […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Treasury to probe departments’ payment ID measures

Jim Dunton March 20, 2026

As MPs continue an inquiry examining the use of data analytics in preventing fraud perpetrated against government, the finance department has indicated it will examine current processes for safeguarding transactions […]...

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DWP engages AI and tech suppliers to help shape plans for 12 areas of new Jobs and Careers services

DBT-led group explores using Post Office as single high-street shopfront for government services and digital support

HMRC greenlights sole bidder AWS for £500m cloud migration deal

‘We are being imaginative to make defence appeal to young people with new skill sets’

‘DVLA is pushing the boundaries of AI’

MoD offers £150k-plus for digital and AI leadership duo

Scotland needs to fix data foundations to get the most out of AI, minister says

Former top Tory and Vote Leave adviser de Zoete appointed to civil service role as ‘investment and AI adviser’

Serco lands £74m Home Office call-centre contract

Treasury to probe departments’ payment ID measures

Government risks ‘doing the wrong thing efficiently’, civil servants warn in new research

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Beyond the iron fist: What civil servants say will really cut Whitehall waste

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