
Office for Veterans’ Affairs seeks leader for ‘innovative digital and data work’
The Cabinet Office unit dedicated to better supporting the UK’s two million former military personnel

NHS cyberattack: Urgent call for blood donors as reports warn of ‘many months’ to recover
Following last week’s ransomware assault, the difficulty of undertaking pathology checks means that there is

EXCL: HMRC looks to improve intel with ‘tuning’ of 55 billion item compliance database
Connect has been in operation for 15 years and matches data from over 130 sources

Government-backed researchers claim AI cancer breakthrough
Technology developed by UK academics is claimed to be able to detect a likely recurrence

‘Boots on the ground’ – NHS signs £3m in deals for cyber incident support
Just days before London hospitals suffered one of the worst health service cyber incidents since

Election: Government issues dedicated guidance on deepfake risks
Dedicated advice document published last week by the Cabinet Office encourages officials, candidates, and party

Scottish Borders Council looks to boost recycling with online portal and app
Local authority unveils digital platform enabling citizens to access guidance and check information on services,

HS2 ditches plan for £5m land-rights platform after project rollbacks
Following the government’s decision to radically scale back the scope of new rail infrastructure –

Cabinet Office seeks tech leader to spearhead ‘next generation of working at Secret capabilities’
The Government Security Group is recruiting for a vacant role for a senior tech representative

‘Potential to mislead’ – watchdog to keep a close eye on candidates’ use of stats
The chair of regulatory body the UK Statistics Authority has written to the leaders of

Compatibility with UK laws and shared responsibility: MoD sets cloud security controls for suppliers
Shortly after a cyberattack allegedly perpetrated by China, the MoD has issued security guidance prohibiting

HMRC takes recent tech contract spend over £1bn with ‘new build’ services deal for Making Tax Digital
Department has awarded a quintet of major technology deals in the past three weeks via

Meta accedes to Police Scotland’s demand for data in sextortion case
After being extorted via fraudsters on Instragram soliciting compromising material, Scottish teenager Murray Dowey died

London hospitals still facing ‘significant impact on delivery of NHS services’ after ransomware attack pinned on Russian cyber gang
Attack on key provider of pathology services continues to cause disruption to care at trusts

Study shows ubiquity of misinformation as election looms
A new survey from the Alan Turing Institute has found that 19 in 20 citizens

Child Benefit payments issued today after two-day wait following HMRC tech issues
Hundreds of thousands of parents who were not paid as scheduled on Monday were issued

Passport Office explores tech for £100m deal to validate docs and extract data
Home Office agency issues commercial RFI notice outlining plans to establish a major new contract

All election candidates offered cyber protection support
For the first time – and amid rising concerns about the safety of politicians –