
Government looks to data and analytics in new proactive anti-fraud approach
Mark Cheeseman, the chief executive of the specialist Public Sector Fraud Authority, reveals how the

Ministers pledge unified patient record in NHS App as part of 10-year journey from ‘analogue to digital’
Over the coming weeks, health service staff, experts and the general public are encouraged to

Ofcom CEO: ‘Our expectations are high and we’ll come down hard on those who fall short of online safety laws’
With just a few weeks until the UK’s new internet safety laws come into effect,

Serious Fraud Office seeks UK player for £10m ‘future-proof’ software system
The department responsible for prosecuting the most serious economic crime and corruption cases across England,

Post Office to issue 2026 tenders for £120m Horizon deals for ‘ongoing development’ and datacentre ops
After 25 years in operation, the infamously faulty IT system seemingly requires tech assistance until

CCS agrees five-year discount agreement with Microsoft
Government procurement agency the Crown Commercial Service has announced a new memorandum of understanding offer

Government puts £12m into using tech to prevent drug deaths
Ministers at the Department of Health and Social Care have unveiled plans to put funding

DWP reveals £5m-plus project to digitise Maternity Allowance processes
Department awards contract for tech supplier to support ongoing ‘modernisation’ work for service that currently

GDS adds chatbots to One Login support centre
Citizens experiencing issues with the new government sign-in system can now receive assistance around the

Industrial Strategy to set out national digital ambitions
Treasury and DBT’s newly published green paper places strong emphasis on technology, including the appointment

Home Office signs off on £65m Asylum Transformation Programme
Newly released transparency and approval documents reveal scope, costs and core objectives of three year

Starmer: ‘There’s always an inhibition in government when it comes to technology and change’
The prime minister has stressed the need for public services to adopt artificial intelligence and

DfT officials asked to explore options for boosting rail connectivity
One of the new ministers at the Department for Transport reveals that he has set

Cabinet Office signs £22m deal for new government jobs tool to ‘resolve biggest recruitment challenges’
Central skills and hiring team the Government People Group has appointed EY to fulfil a

DWP works on single digital channel for non-UC benefit recipients to manage info
Social security minister Stephen Timms has revealed that claimants of the state pension, as well

FCDO and Defra agencies sign up for cross-government employee-transfer platform
As trials continue of a major new tech system to reduce payroll errors and replace

HMRC spends £70m on duo of deals for ‘technical and strategic support’ for transformation
The UK’s tax agency has retained two major IT consultancies to provide additional tech personnel

Anti-disinformation unit studies civil unrest and foreign interference – but still no word on staff numbers
A new administration now oversees the work of the prosaically named National Security Online Information