
Scottish council maps connectivity to help boost digital inclusion
Argyll and Bute Council is to gather information on data availability across more than 1,500

Scottish NHS signs £50m deal to replace core urgent care tech systems
The country’s national public telecare provider, NHS 24, is to replace its current discrete contact

Home Office’s £1bn passport transformation enters critical ‘final phase’ and focuses on legacy replacement
After various delays and cost increases, major digital reform project is now approaching its 2026

Children’s hospital deploys technology for patients to self-administer medicines
Facility in Aberdeen has installed a new ‘intelligent cabinet’ system and hopes, in the coming

NHS App to issue cancer screening notifications
Ministers and health service leaders claim that new digital ‘ping and book’ initiative could save

CDDO seeks senior leader to help ‘develop different approaches for funding digital work’ across government
The DSIT tech unit with responsibility for driving digital strategy throughout departments is advertising to

HMRC-led shared services cluster picks SAP and Deloitte and signs £450m contracts
Another departmental grouping established to deploy unified technology has chosen its providers for licensing and

New digital centre of government prioritises ‘value of data and sustainable talent supply’
Emily Middleton, recently recruited to help guide the new government digital hub in DSIT, reveals

London considers return to electronic ballot-counting for mayoral elections
Authorities in the capital are seeking input from potential providers to inform a planned procurement

DVLA told to get ‘ambitious’ on digital in three-year savings plan
UK driver licensing body has maintained consistent staff numbers while delivering more services, and has

Defra signs £95m deal for outsourced app support to ‘allow IT function to focus on long term’
Environment department retains major consultancy to monitor the performance of its software and deliver maintenance

MoD to create ‘Productivity Portfolio’ to identify potential gen AI uses
Defence department is to embark on a programme of ‘actively investigating’ the use of tools

Government R&D unit puts millions into cyber network
Money awarded through Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will support work including the adoption

Environment Agency to launch online service to report water pollution
As official data for last year shows sewage crisis worsening, the government is creating additional

NHS North Yorkshire signs £40m digital and IT deals
The integrated care board supporting a region of large rural districts and some major cities

Serious Fraud Office given £9.3m to invest in tech
The government body is to be handed a significant cash injection to help support additional

GOV.UK One Login adoption hits 50 services and plans to pass 100 within a year
Ongoing work to roll out new sign in system across all departments hits half century

MoJ seeks £30m partner for new justice system email infrastructure
Ministry opens bids for agreement of up to eight years in length and covering the