
Government puts £100m into quantum tech hubs
Money to be invested by UK Research and Innovation will be used to create a

DWP signs £125m deal to manage inbound citizen communications
The department has picked a provider to deliver digital and manual services for ingesting information

Scottish Government commits £8m to new round of public sector innovation challenges
First established eight years ago, the CivTech programme has identified 90 start-ups that have provided

GDS and CDDO complete DSIT move as new ‘AI Opportunities Unit’ created
Ministers at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have taken on responsibility for government’s

Elections watchdog censured over breach of 40 million people’s data and admits ‘sufficient protections were not in place’
An investigation led by the Information Commissioner’s Office has found that The Electoral Commission could

Crown Prosecution Service works on AI strategy and business case ahead of spending review
The non-ministerial department responsible for prosecuting criminals has worked on a series of exploratory trials,

Report urges clean-up of cluttered framework landscape
A new assessment from the National Audit Office finds that there are as many 21,000

DWP, MoD and Cabinet Office among departments trialling digital staff transfer service
Organisations employing 150,000 government workers, equating to about 30% of the overall civil service total,

Project launched to help deliver statistics under pressure
The Royal Statistical Society undertakes exercise aimed at better understanding how statisticians produce outputs in

Watchdog calls for NHS probe of patient-safety risks created by online GP consultations
Health Services Safety Investigations Body has published a report including evidence that the use of

CCS opens bids on £6bn back-office software framework
Government’s procurement agency is inviting interested parties to apply for a spot on a major

‘Smart, modern, sustainable and digitally connected’ – York confirmed as home of next civil service hub
Approval has been given to create a new government location boasting new technology and housing

‘Must be transportable as commercial carry-on luggage’ – MoD seeks on-the-go device for battlefield cyberthreat-hunting
The dedicated innovation unit of UK Strategic Command wishes to acquire a portable hardware system

‘AI can turbocharge deceptive and unfair practices that harm consumers’, regulators warn
Watchdogs from the UK, US and EU have jointly warned that the rise of generative

Almost half of citizens encounter deepfakes
Research from regulator Ofcom – which is responsible for online safety – finds that exposure

HMRC creates £500m legacy tech and security programme after merging major projects
The Critical Platform Transformation project and Enterprise Security Programme, which aim to tackle technical debt

Treasury seeks leader for Data Hub
Government’s finance department is recruiting for a new chief data officer who will also take

ICO reprimands Essex high school over use of facial-recognition tech
Data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office has formally censured a school for failing to