
DSIT signs potential £2.5m deal for mass data migration following GDS move
After being expanded to include the enlarged Government Digital Service, the science and tech department

Dozens more councils join digital planning initiative
An initiative aimed at promoting digitisation and open data has increased its participating councils by

Whitehall department uses AI to draft reports
In response to a parliamentary question, minister Ian Murray tells MPs DCMS is using artificial

Home Office agrees £50m five-year Oracle cloud licensing deal
Department reveals new tech engagement worth about £11m a year and awarded to the US

Warning over ‘watering down ONS independence’
Sector stakeholders and expert bodies have contacted MPs on PACAC to raise concerns about recent

NHS online hospital to offer millions of appointments a year in ‘significant reform to healthcare’
The health service unveils ambitions to build on discrete remote care and digital triage models

GDS recruits for head of responsible data innovation and AI
Appointee could receive an annual salary in excess of £94,262 for leading work on horizon

Ministers hit back at ‘unsubstantiated’ propriety allegations regarding Scottish tech start-up scheme
An initiative backed by public money aims to help foster innovative firms north of the

DSIT alerts market to £250m cloud plans to support massive AI power up
In order to enable a compute capacity increase of almost 2,000%, department plans to enter

DWP seeks senior leader to tackle cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Department launches hunt for candidates who can ‘turn complex cyber risks into clear, actionable strategies

Cyber graduate roles emerge as Whitehall’s most hotly contested
Having once again been given its own dedicated segment of the Civil Service Fast Stream

DWP picks IBM for potential £30m deal to use AI to meet ‘key business challenges and opportunities’
Whitehall’s benefits department evaluated 15 supplier bids for its Nexus AI engagement, which is aimed

Calls for procurement innovation to better support policy
A new report has outlined the need for innovative practices and an increase in commercial

Rollout planned for NHS App’s ‘family access’ feature for parents and carers after successful pilot
Health service bosses say process for managing dependants’ appointments, ordering repeat medication, and viewing test

HMRC signs £12m virtual desktop deal
Government’s tax department has inked a contract of up to four years with tech giant

Government taps AI to prevent £500m of fraud in FY25
At an event bringing together member states of the international Five Eyes intelligence collective, ministers

One in three cannot access online benefits without help, DWP study finds
Government’s welfare department has published the latest version of a major citizen study which finds

Insolvency Service writes down £600k spent on new digital portal
A review of priorities at the Department for Business and Trade agency found the scheme