Trade department experiments with LLMs in ‘self-hosted, secure environment’
Having found that officials wished to deploy powerful AI tools to help analyse and derive
Government signs collaboration agreement with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
The state will work with the Silicon Valley outfit to identity potential uses of tech
NCA investigator convicted over theft of Bitcoin now worth £4.4m
Paul Chowles, formerly an officer at the National Crime Agency, is jailed for more than
DWP plans ‘risk-based approach’ to new IT investment with 70% of caseloads running through legacy systems
The department’s annual review of the 2025 fiscal year reveals various advancements in its use
‘No evidence of data theft ‘ in recent Glasgow cyberattack
The local authority for Scotland’s largest city announces that ‘forensic examination’ of the affected infrastructure
Only 4% of councils filed full audited data for FY24 public sector-wide accounts
Auditors once again decline to give the green light to the annual roundup of the
HMRC pegs IT contract spending at £1.6bn a year and targets move away from ‘legacy service integrators’
Annual report outlines efforts to open up procurement to more providers, to support objective to
NHS plans £150m deal for digital ‘personalisation’
Health service body issues notice of intent to implement a contract of up to five
Major tech projects to require speedier business cases to boost transparency
Ministers have announced that a wide range of Whitehall programmes of work, including delivery of
EXCL: Government picks Public Digital for £5m deal to help deliver Public Sector Reform Scheme
The tech consultancy is part of a consortium, also featuring Blavitnik School of Government and
Public sector spends £2bn on Microsoft licences in first five months of discount MoU
A Cabinet Office minister has indicated that, having been introduced late last year, the Crown
ICO says MoD Afghan data breach ‘unacceptable – and should never happen again’
With a super injunction lifted, the defence secretary John Healey has revealed details of the
HMRC establishes ‘landing zone to safely exploit gen AI’
The tax department’s annual report reveals a diverse and growing range of use cases for
GDS seeks external experts for public sector AI advisory panel
Whitehall’s central digital agency intends to convene a group of up to a dozen advisors
New laws ‘not the end of the conversation’ on online safety
A cabinet minister has indicated that, despite legislation have already been implemented, the government will
DWP signs £15m deal to ‘enhance’ digital service for UC targeted case reviews
Benefits department enters into agreement to support upgrades to digital service that underpins initiative launched
Minister pledges ‘once-only rule’ for citizen info
A tenet that people should not have to provide details more than once will be
Improved analytics could save Whitehall billions in fraud losses, NAO report finds
Auditors warn that there is currently ‘no clear plan’ to realise the potential of data