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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

TfL cancels penalties for black-cab drivers caused by IT ‘error’

The capital city’s public transport authority has issued a blanket revocation for hundreds of taxi

Government to share succession plans ‘in due course’ after chief digital officer departure

Mike Potter, appointed as GCDO in July 2022, departed government at the end of last

Minister pledges ‘bold’ civil service productivity plan with focus on digital

Georgia Gould, the Cabinet Office minister with responsibility for public sector reform, has indicated that

UK and US governments sign online child safety agreement

Transatlantic ministers have agreed to cooperate via new initiatives such as the establishment of a

HMRC to advertise permanent non-exec roles as boardroom shake-up criticised

As PublicTechnology sources criticise addition to boardroom of ministers and directly appointed short-term members, department

‘Simple, clear and trauma-informed’ – MoJ sets digital design principles for prisoner services

The Ministry of Justice has revealed details of a set of six tenets to help
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