
Cost of HMRC Single Customs Platform more than doubled to £570m
In the past year, SCP scheme, which intends to deliver ‘critical improvements’ to the UK’s

GDS seeks GOV.UK content chief to oversee 10,000 pages of info
Whitehall’s digital unit is advertising a vacant posting managing content across the government’s online estate,

ONS asserts objectivity as report suggests ‘partisan climate on certain issues’
Office for National Statistics says that it has always ‘listened impartially and objectively to all

HMCTS wraps up ‘quiet revolution’ of £1.3bn digital reform programme
After concluding a project that, since 2016, has delivered major investment in new technology, the

MoD signs £1.5m deal for ‘cyber adversary simulation’
Defence department has this month signed a deal until 2028, becoming the latest government agency

Digital system to allow Treasury to track departments’ spending in real time
Government’s central finance agency has revealed plans to replace existing processes in which it gathers

DfT plans major National Transport Analysis Platform to help design policy
The department has alerted potential providers to its intention to create a £500k new modelling

Defra appoints two former top tech execs to boardroom set-up
The environment department has announced the addition of two new non-execs: a pair of senior

Ex-DWP digital chief Corbridge apologises after breach of appointment rules
Having taken a CIO post at property investment outfit Segro, the former tech official’s new

HMRC seeks £500m ‘hyperscaler’ for 10-year datacentre-exit deal
The UK tax agency has issued an early commercial notice outlining its intent to award

‘Highly capable, mobile, dexterous and autonomous’ – policymakers equipped with guide to humanoids
The latest advice document in a range of guidelines for those looking to get up

Small-scale tech purchases via 20,000 procurement cards blocked
Thousands of cards that can be used by civil servants to make singular purchases of

Home Office signs £85m digital deal to support ‘consistent, repeatable architecture’ for border IT systems
Departmental programme dedicated to delivering and supporting crucial tech platforms used in border and immigration

NHS to study ‘impact on health inequalities’ as digital Health Check pilots to launch imminently
The health service will shortly commence testing the new tech offering with patients in three

Downing Street to help departments overcome ‘human inhibitions’ to tech adoption
After announcing major reforms, prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged that his office will play

EXCL: Cabinet Office revises plan to move off Google but insists ‘clear strategic direction’ for migration remains
After ‘red’ rating, department has been required to provide new delivery and funding plan for

Government probes ‘national security risks’ of data brokers
Whitehall’s tech department is seeking feedback from market experts to help understand security implications and

Digitisation creates danger of ‘deepening inequalities’ for minority ethnic communities, report warns
Academic researchers have published a study which issues a warning that, unless there is a