Study shows ubiquity of misinformation as election looms
A new survey from the Alan Turing Institute has found that 19 in 20 citizens
Child Benefit payments issued today after two-day wait following HMRC tech issues
Hundreds of thousands of parents who were not paid as scheduled on Monday were issued
Passport Office explores tech for £100m deal to validate docs and extract data
Home Office agency issues commercial RFI notice outlining plans to establish a major new contract
All election candidates offered cyber protection support
For the first time – and amid rising concerns about the safety of politicians –
Frontline services impacted by cyberattack in ‘major IT incident’ affecting London hospitals
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and King’s College hospitals – which treat a cumulative 10,000 patients each
DWP develops data tool to simulate ‘future world and how we can prepare for it’
The department is working to create a system that could process economic and societal data
Government rolls out online hub for evaluations
Evaluation Registry has been launched and made mandatory for all Whitehall departments, but the publicly
HMRC offers £100k for leader to ‘spearhead channel shift’
The tax agency is advertising for a senior manager to take on responsibility for delivering
Number of ICO-registered organisations rises 160% since GDPR
According to stats released by outgoing data and digital infrastructure minister Julia Lopez, the number
Scottish national innovation centre unveils tool that could support early dementia detection
CENSIS, a specialist facility based in Glasgow University, has launched an Internet of Things system
‘A significant gap between HMRC’s perceptions and what taxpayers can do online’
Three professional bodies for tax and finance professionals have made submissions to parliament, warning that
‘It might take over the world’ – schoolchildren issue warning over government AI
Children taking part in a project that works with schools to gather pupils’ feedback on
Local government bodies call for ‘centralised mechanism’ to support and fund AI
In a submission to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee – shortly before its dissolution – LGA,
Labour flags up 40 candidates that ‘understand tech and its transformative potential’
The party’s Labour Digital movement has namechecked election candidates that it believes share its vision
MPs lament ‘insufficient’ work on government data sharing
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has identified ‘significant data gaps’ in various policy
‘Technical fault’ with online system allowed 67 couples to divorce early
Affected couples have been alerted and offered support while judges review cases, as ministers acknowledge
DWP signs £3m project-management deal to support cloud migration
The Department for Work and Pensions has retained a specialist supplier to provide planning, oversight
Government-backed upgrade takes fibre broadband to Scottish towns and villages
Scottish Government is working alongside telecoms firm Openreach to supply regions across the country with