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DSIT creates CustomerFirst team to unite ‘best civil service operators and leading private sector disruptors’

A new Whitehall unit, unveiled as part of government’s digital roadmap, has been created to

Reforming NHS referrals will ‘support shift away from default in-person appointments’

After MPs suggested government was treating digital as a silver bullet for elective care improvements,

Gateshead plans £6m deal with ‘AI transformation partner’

Local authority in the north east, which has recently acknowledged ‘huge financial pressures’ and a

‘Cabinet Office has adopted AI at scale’

As it leads wider efforts focused on ‘changing the state and changing the civil service’,

Government slashed £600m of consultancy spend in FY25

While some departments still spent hundreds of millions of pounds, other major agencies laid out

UK AI supercomputer retains Dell for £12m storage contract

One of the core tech partners for a national tech research programme has been signed

Courts minister acknowledges email attachment limits are ‘particularly restrictive’ for justice-system participants

While new digital tools enable users to supply files of up to 1GB, ongoing restrictions

Government ditches plan for mandatory digital ID in employment checks as dedicated minister confirmed

As a dedicated leader takes on duties across two departments, government reveals that the controversial

App to offer access to GCSE results

A new platform is intended to make life easier for students, colleges, and employers, while

ONS chief: ‘Our recovery is underway and we have a renewed sense of purpose’

After concluding ‘a tough year’, the government statistics agency has a clear plan for improvement

New working arrangement with ICO could help government ‘rebuild public trust’

Following ‘several serious data breaches’ affecting the public, the UK’s data protection regulator has put

Government digital products chief upgraded to director general level

Following a year of significant change in its leadership top table, with a number of

Debate over government’s X usage as Ofcom confirms formal probe

As online safety watchdog prepares to examine whether it has breached UK law, the Labour

MPs seek reassurance on DWP’s ‘highly challenging’ legacy IT plans

An influential group of parliamentarians has welcomed transformation and upgrade ambitions set out by the

FCDO reveals plans for £100m-plus partner for consular digital services

Government’s foreign affairs department has alerted the market to a plan to seek out and

Academics create network to connect officials with research experts

A wide range of top institutions have come together to set up an initiative through

DfE reveals use ChatGPT-based tool to draft citizen email responses

Department publishes record outlining how technology has reduced a process that took 30 minutes to

NHS online hospital to focus on nine conditions – including prostate, menstrual and eye problems

Health secretary Streeting says that securing the future of the health service ‘demands revolution’, including
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