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US reportedly pauses £30bn UK tech agreement over trade differences

President Trump and his government representatives are understood to be unhappy over the UK’s 2%

HMRC picks Netcompany as £300m digital partner for Northern Ireland trade service

The government platform created to help firms navigate UK trade in light of Brexit will

Train tickets hit new 87% digital high in November

The number of rail passenger journeys completed without the need for a paper ticket to

Data and IT problems make it ‘impossible’ to track cases across asylum system

A report has shone a light on many ongoing issues with governance and infrastructure, and

GOV.UK provides Russian translation of MI6 press releases

The first public address by the new head of the overseas intelligence service is one

DWP signs £15m digital deal to support new working age services unit

Government’s benefits department has retained familiar partner Deloitte to fulfil a deal lasting two years

Ex-Tory digital guru joins Reform

The party that currently leads opinion polls has recruited the latest in a series of

MHLCG brings in £12m partner to provide ‘expert capability’ to AI in Local Government programme

Government department focused on local government and services has signed a major deal with a

Government ‘does not recognise’ OBR figures of £1.8bn ‘unfunded cost’ for digital ID regime

While ministers have repeatedly rebuffed questions about the costs of the new virtual identity, government’s

More data issues dog cross-public sector accounts

The Treasury project to provide an annual comprehensive snapshot of finances across public bodies is,

HMRC seeks ‘IT change’ partner for critical border infrastructure services

Government’s tax department is inviting firms to take part in a market engagement exercises, ahead

Treasury told to get more ‘proactive’ in encouraging departmental transformation

With many of government’s services that charge fees falling well short of the target to

Acting UK government statistics chief Rourke to depart role

Following the exit earlier this year of long-standing national statistician Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Emma

DWP explores AI options for new £50m-plus Jobs and Careers service

With deadlines for delivery approaching next year, a minister at the department has revealed that

AI transcription in courts needs to better ‘protect victims’

Systems that can automate the process of writing up cases are already being tested in

Government partners with Google DeepMind

The PM has unveiled an agreement with the AI research company, which will see the

HMRC answers 12% more calls and cuts wait times by five mins in FY26

The tax department has been working to improve the performance of its helplines after several

Ministers set for digital ID roadshow in the coming weeks

As government faces difficult questions about its controversial plans for a new national identity system,
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