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Companies House: One in 16 appointments verified in first six weeks of year-long process

Sam Trendall February 6, 2026

In November, the company registrar for the UK introduced new legal requirements for digital authentication, with 6% of appointments having complied with the incoming standards obligations by the New Year […]...

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Education and skills News

DWP claims 20-minute daily staff gains from Copilot trials

Tevye Markson February 6, 2026

Government’s benefits department has revealed the results of tests in which several thousand civil servants used Microsoft’s artificial intelligence technology, and found efficiency benefits as well as greater job fulfilment […]...

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Government and politics News

One Login regains government trustmark as GDS deploys systems to prevent future lapses

Sam Trendall February 5, 2026

The list of providers certified via DSIT’s statutory guidelines has been expanded recently and now, once again, features government’s own verification tool, as well as services from key supplier iProov […]...

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News Society and welfare

DWP chief predicts work-coach chatbot and pushes for frontline digital skills

Sam Trendall February 4, 2026

Appearing before MPs, perm sec suggests that, in time, Universal Credit claimants could sometimes interact with technology, rather than officials, while also citing the need to boost staff tech credentials […]...

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News Public order, justice and rights

Courts service seeks new chief to ‘continue to drive modernisation and digitisation’

Sam Trendall February 4, 2026

The MoJ agency is advertising for a new leader to take over from incumbent Goodwin and assume responsibility for overseeing a longstanding programme of significant reform and adoption of technology […]...

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Communities, housing and planning News

Government ordains Barnsley as ‘UK’s first Tech Town’ and plans local AI blitz

Sam Trendall February 3, 2026

DSIT has unveiled a new initiative to offer support intended to ensure ‘communities left behind by the economic changes of the 20th century can seize the benefits of the 21st’ […]...

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Defence and Security News

DWP signs £6m IT security and anti-fraud deal for UC ops

Sam Trendall February 3, 2026

Benefits department has put in a place an agreement with a tech supplier to deliver software tools, as part of a wider suite of measures which includes an internal algorithm […]...

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Companies House: One in 16 appointments verified in first six weeks of year-long process

DWP claims 20-minute daily staff gains from Copilot trials

One Login regains government trustmark as GDS deploys systems to prevent future lapses

DWP chief predicts work-coach chatbot and pushes for frontline digital skills

Courts service seeks new chief to ‘continue to drive modernisation and digitisation’

Government ordains Barnsley as ‘UK’s first Tech Town’ and plans local AI blitz

DWP signs £6m IT security and anti-fraud deal for UC ops

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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