
West Midlands mayor plans free AI training for over two million adults
The local authority overseeing collaboration between Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and more is planning to spend

Government Legal Department seeks digital chief to set vision
Organisation of more than 2,500 lawyers and support staff is looking for a deputy director

Digital doyen Bracken resigns from HMRC board as department recruits for four new directors
The founding leader of GDS, who resigned only halfway into his scheduled term, is one

Cyber red teams ‘deeply sceptical of AI’, government research finds
A study from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has found that security professionals

Whitehall watchdog offers online job ad masterclass and other hiring tips
Civil Service Commission, which exists to oversee the fairness of government’s recruitment practices, is running

DWP builds prototype for new unified Jobs and Careers service
After government last year announced plans to unite offerings from the education and work departments,

Cybercrime: One in every 1,000 CMA offences were charged in FY25
Statistics reveal there were more than 55,000 offences logged under the Computer Misuse Act in

MHRA opens Leeds digital recruitment
The watchdog for overseeing medical products is to move into a new facility in the

DVLA preps new online licence renewal in bid to address ‘outdated’ digital offerings
The Department for Transport agency recently received approval across the board from a GDS service

Defra Sheep Bureau taps millions of pounds of expertise in ongoing digital drive to transform livestock traceability
ALB of Whitehall environment department reveals that it seconded £5m of personnel to its parent

Senior stats shake-up with new leaders for ONS and UKSA
The statistics agency has named its first dedicated perm sec, while the authority with responsibility

HMRC algorithm for automated council tax valuations offers ‘greater consistency and quality’
Valuation process to begin in a year’s time will, for the first time, use a

Home Office seeks head of cyber detection and response
Department wishes to hear from security leaders who have previous experience of working for organisations

Civil servants identify risks to reform agenda
In a major survey conducted by a Whitehall union, officials have cited various challenges facing

GDS ramps up work to track departments’ cloud usage and costs
The specialist digital unit has put in a place two deals this year to support

HM Land Registry to enable property lawyers to use electronic signatures
Conveyancers, buyers and other service users will shortly be able to file legal documents using

ICO provides ‘most comprehensive’ guidance on document disclosure
Following various high profile incidents affecting public sector entities, the UK’s data protection regulator has

MoJ floats action plan to ‘embed’ AI across department
Proposals include using technology to link offender records, curbing jail violence by predicting likely perpetrators