
GPs to be required to offer online patient services from 8am to 6.30pm
A new version of the contract for general practitioners enshrines a mandate for surgeries to

Northern Irish minister grilled on potential AI jobs replacement
John O’Dowd has claimed that the use of new technology will not be entirely motivated

EXCL: DWP to ‘reuse UC digital service’ code in £13.5m deal to support delivery of New Stye benefits
After operating for 10 years and growing to ‘millions of lines of code’, Universal Credit

HMCTS to seek ‘further funding’ after digitisation of civil cases scaled back
The courts service has been engaged in a major transformation project for the past nine

Government creates specialist unit to oversee new procurement regime
Team will be based in the Cabinet Office and will have a remit to review

DWP seeks leader to build gen AI team and plots £12m deal to target ‘to be identified business problems’
Department is offering potential £94k salary for a deputy director level post, while outlining its

Government invites joiners for ‘low code community’
A group for specialists in low code tools, which allow non-technical staff to create software

DVSA uses AI to help create theory-test questions
The government agency with responsibility for administering driving tests and certifying the safety of buses

HMRC takes ‘deep dive’ on complaints response after customer-service challenges
The tax agency’s service levels for users have come under scrutiny in the past couple

Liverpool City Council seeks suppliers for £30m tech framework
Local authority in the north west will appoint a handful of suppliers to fulfil the

Post Office signs £500k deal to help automate Horizon compensation processes
After senior managers previously flagged up the potential for automating the fixed payments offered to

Aberdeenshire taps AI to help create reports
Scottish local authority reveals use of Microsoft Copilot software, which has previously been widely deployed

Government gets go-ahead for Manchester Digital Campus for 7,000 officials
The city, which government claims has a ‘long-standing legacy for technological advancement’, will be home

DWP signs £5m deal for thousands of ‘lightweight laptops’
The department has entered into its third deal with IT supplier CDW in the space

Home Office seeks data leader to ‘address strategic issues facing the department’
Role on offer can be based in either London or Manchester and comes with a

EXCL: GDS closes One Login privacy and inclusion scrutiny group
Group advising and scrutinising issues of data protection and accessibility for digital ID tool has

‘My overwhelming sense was that government hadn’t joined the dots of a coming revolution’ – ex-digital minister
Matt Warman was commissioned to undertake a review of the impact of technology on working

Minister: ‘Spending review will tackle legacy IT and invest in cyber, cloud and AI tech’
Former top scientific adviser Lord Vallance has reiterated the significance of recent strategic moves and