DCMS launches hunt for next chief technology officer
Successful applicant will be responsible for leading a three year change journey, including the move
HMRC restores 17,000 child benefit claims after data-sharing bungle
The department stopped payments based on Home Office data concerning comings and goings from the
DfT invests £12m in national analytics platform to help spot transport crises
Whitehall agency has entered into a deal of up to five years which will see
Minister claims Home Office’s remote language-testing plans offer ‘significant benefits’
Mike Tapp says new system for assessing visa applicants’ language skills could deliver ‘strengthened identity
AI will not bring headcount reductions, HMRC chief predicts
Giving evidence to MPs, the tax agency’s head has claimed that the adoption of new
HMPPS plans £1m data pilot to better support probationers
Project will supply frontline workers with information covering areas such as mental health, addiction, housing
Government consults on proposal to limit social media to over-16s
Ministers have commenced a public feedback process to gather insights on the potential effectiveness of
Government introduces measures to ‘make public sector data AI-ready’
New set of guidelines aims to help not only expedite tech adoption, but to position
Isle of Man creates National AI Office
The crown dependency aims to build on a scheme that has already delivered £2m in
Outgoing SFO head lauded for leaving behind ‘modernised’ tech-savvy organisation
The incumbent director of the government’s specialist department for clamping down on complex financial crime
DHSC offers £285k for tech and data DG
As it prepares to integrate NHS England, the health department is seeking a new top
Minister: ‘Civil servants want to be radical in delivering change’
Following recent comments from the prime minister concerning excessive bureaucracy, another senior government representative has
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