 
		Home Office creates ‘high risk and complex’ major project to transform police intel database
After scaling back a previously planned joint project, a scheme has been launched focused solely
            		 
		GDS ops chief Robinson takes on role leading creation of ‘Future DSIT’
After completing the recent move from the Cabinet Office, the COO of the tech unit
            		 
		PM says ‘no plans’ for government agencies to open Bluesky accounts
As large numbers of new registrants reportedly join the alternative social platform, Keir Starmer, has
            		 
		MoJ records £5.6m loss after scrapping Common Platform functionality
Following a decision that was made earlier this year to retain the existing Digital Case
            		 
		Ministers report ‘significant acceleration’ in algorithm transparency adoption
Government announced earlier this year that the implementation of the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard will
            		 
		MPs to probe relationship between algorithms and misinformation
Members of the House of Commons science and tech committee are understood to have invited
            		 
		Government comms teams can use TikTok ‘in exceptional circumstances’
Following a ban implemented last year, which enabled exceptions for the likes of law enforcement
            		 
		MoJ and HMRC sign £8m security deals
Duo of huge Whitehall ministries have each awarded supplier contracts to run throughout 2025 and
            		 
		Government ditches vetting transformation scheme but remains ‘committed to modernising’
Major project to bring digitisation and reform to UK Security Vetting is formally scrapped but,
            		 
		EXCL: Government trials AI coding tools
Central Digital and Data Office has signed an agreement to deliver a proof of concept
            		 
		CDDO and Treasury develop AI investment metrics for spending review
After budget indicated that DSIT was set to play a key role in directing tech
            		 
		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
            		