
UK and US lead creation of global cyber guidelines for AI
The National Cyber Security Centre and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have worked

DWP estimates access to benefit claimants’ bank data will lead to 7,400 annual prosecutions
Impact assessment forecasts that prosecutions will rocket, but claims staff will take ‘account of circumstances

Scottish Government backs local players in £20m cloud deal
Four of five suppliers picked for four year framework are headquartered in Scotland, and will

GDS to work with South Korean counterparts on AI-powered government services
Ministers use state visit to unveil memorandum of understanding for countries to work together to

One in four GPs yet to provide patients with online access to records
All practices were expected to offer digital health records as of the start of this

‘Making tax difficult’ – MPs scold HMRC over £2bn digitisation costs for users
Scathing report from the Public Accounts Committee criticises ‘utterly extraordinary’ decision to exclude transitional costs

Universities agree to share data on students to improve safety
Agreement, which sector leaders believe can help tackle sexual assault and gender-based violence, follows campaigning

‘Our current set-up is unsustainable’ – DWP modernisation project signs £1m deal to progress work on unified digital service for benefits
Department signs contract to support ongoing development of single ‘get financial support’ service as part

Cabinet Office seeks new top dog to ‘lead transformation to digitally enabled 21st century civil service’
Central department opens recruitment for new permanent secretary – who will also serve as civil

Glasgow launches online tool to support reforestation
Citizens of Scotland’s largest city can now use a new digital portal to suggest local

Home Office installs £600k video walls in high-tech upgrade of ‘control and command centre’ for emergency response
Department signs tech firm to potential three-year contract – which includes specifications about manufacturers under

AI could save £5bn a year and take workload from ‘tens of thousands’ of jobs, government ops chief says
Outgoing Cabinet Office chief Alex Chisholm tells conference that automation could perform much of the

Transparency: Court rules that junior officials’ names should not be redacted from public legal challenges
Judge sides with human rights charity and instructs government that identities of civil servants outside

‘Fifteen major departments’ confirm adoption plans for One Login
Minister claims that many Whitehall organisations have now set out a formal roadmap for implementing

‘Very troubling choice’ – NHS picks Palantir for £480m data deal
US big data specialist – as widely expected – has been chosen as the health

‘Data no longer needed will be deleted’ – Cabinet Office reveals privacy policy for storing world leaders’ info
Personal information, including sensitive special category data, could be shared with commercial partners, and may

DBT signs £1m deal to migrate 2,100 staff from BEIS systems and modernise Microsoft set-up
Department created earlier this year signs one-year contract with supplier that will support project to

‘Watching the PM get his head round stats is awful’
Evidence considered by the ongoing Covid Inquiry – including diary entries and in-person testimony –