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Home Office sticks to pledge to clear ‘legacy’ asylum backlog this year – as new cases hit new high
Department has insisted it remains on course to meet the prime minister’s target, while new
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Met Police supplier leaks data on officers and staff
Supplier had been commissioned to produce microchipped warrant cards and passes for 47,000 staff and
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Online GP registration hits first-year record
New service is used by a fifth of English GP surgeries, saving staff time while
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ICO clamps down on ‘text pests’ using business data to proposition customers
Regulator launches online service for people to report instances of employees of organisations taking individuals’
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DVLA retains credit reference agency for online identity checks in £2.4m deal
Government agency signs contract with Experian to gain access for three years to software platform
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DWP pays compensation over letters and PDFs sent to blind benefit claimants
High Court judgement finds in favour of Londoner Yusuf Ali Osman who brought case against
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Manchester seeks tech partner to digitise thousands of firearms licensing documents
Local authority and police issue joint tender inviting bids from firms that could fulfil requirement
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DWP amends personal data guidance to reflect use of ‘automated processing in some decision making’
The department updates policies to include explicit reference to use of automated tools in decision
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Government expects anti-fraud data unit to deliver ‘significant’ financial results
Established 12 months ago, the Public Sector Fraud Authority was tasked with using information and
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UK Space Agency puts £500k into using AI to gain climate insights
Government agency dedicates package of funding to ten individual projects using satellites, Earth observation and
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One Login: GDS spends £20m on duo of deals for software and security support
With rollout of new system to be accelerated over the coming months, the Government Digital
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HMRC delays closure of CHIEF customs IT system after ‘listening to industry feedback’
Department announces that it will now take a ‘phased approach’ to moving exporters to the
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CCS signs £900k deal to help move services from decommissioned government hosting platform into AWS
Procurement agency awards contract to support timely migration from GOV.UK Platform as a Service –
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GDS seeks senior manager to create contact centre for One Login user support
Cabinet Office-based digital unit reveals plans to set up dedicated customer support facility, which it
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New ministerial department exists online for several hours after mistake
As part of the creation of a dedicated website, Government People Group was wrongly assigned
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Police tech body seeks AI to analyse text and ‘identify predatory behaviours’ in rape investigations
Police Digital Service is seeking to engage with potential suppliers of ‘innovative technologies that can
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PAC member urges NAO probe into delayed £100m project to deliver online Pensions Dashboards
Labour MPs – including shadow cabinet ministers – have criticised the repeatedly delayed programme, overseen
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Government Property Agency lost £1.3m after mothballing Newcastle and Birmingham hubs
GPA’s annual report reveals seven-figure cost of curtailing plans to add new digitally enabled government