
DWP-led £2.5bn shared services scheme sees ‘early delays’ and reduced benefits
Early work on achieving the milestones set out in the contracts with enterprise resource planning

NHS virtual wards add 1,000 beds in the past year as per capita target shelved
Secondary care minister tells former health secretary that, while the government wishes to continue to

Money for new national supercomputer ‘never existed’, minister says
In a parliamentary back and forth, the technology secretary strongly refuted the suggestion from his

GDS and digital ID watchdog meet with vendors to explore ‘how GOV.UK Wallet can work with private sector solutions’
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes this week joined DSIT colleagues in meeting developers of

Crown Prosecution Service signs £25m software licensing partner
The department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases has picked a specialist provider for a three-year

Whitehall’s former top NED forecasts 30% productivity boost from agentic AI adoption
Michael Jary, who served for two years as the primary external director advising government, says

MoJ digital chief: ‘People interact with us at moments of vulnerability – they need to feel supported by the experience’
Giving the morning keynote at this week’s PublicTechnology Live conference, Kamal Bal told attendees about

DWP signs £4m deal to support final year of cloud transformation scheme
Department retains core supplier to provide overall project support to the closing months of the

Gen AI guidance tells Scottish officials ‘do not share anything you would not share with a member of the public’
Advice issued to civil servants north of the border clarifies that they should not input

Minister claims One Login has ‘worked to address all concerns’ over security
Recent reports have claimed that top government cyber officials have raised worries about the security

DCMS signs £2m deal for new holiday lets digital registration regime
The department in charge of the new online regime that will require owners offering stays

Intelligence watchdog calls for better funding and less interference
A parliamentary statutory committee intended to monitor the state’s intelligence and security community has issued

Committee finds government cyber defence ‘outpaced by hostile states’
MPs find that government has a sketchy understanding of current resilience levels, with security impacted

DWP body to deploy white-label commercial tool for government online benefits calculator
The Money and Pensions Service has invested £30k in a system from specialist commercial provider

National statistician Diamond departs role
Late last week the head of the Office for National Statistics, Sir Ian Diamond, revealed

Post Office floats £500m engagement for post-Fujitsu suppliers to ‘stabilise’ and replace Horizon
Organisation publishes details of commercial plans for provider to ‘take over from the incumbent rapidly,

‘Not the most effective use of our resources’ – ICO opts against full probe of British Library cyberattack
The UK’s regulator for privacy and data protection has praised the cultural institution for its

DSIT seeks 25 top tech experts for year-long government secondments
The science and digital department has issued a call for ‘Britain’s best and brightest’ to