
DWP insolvency protection body sets project to review cyber capability and create new strategy
Public corporation the Pension Protection Fund has signed awarded to a major cyber consultancy a

Welsh police equipped with frontline facial-recognition app
Officers across the South Wales and Gwent forces will be equipped with mobile software to

Joanna Davinson returns as government CDO and leader of new ‘digital centre’
Former CDDO head is to retake the reins of government tech, as the new administration

DWP signs £1m digital design deal to support plans for merger of Housing Benefit and Pension Credit
As the new Labour government presses on with unification plans first set out 13 years

Google AI-powered updates ‘make it quicker and easier to search on GOV.UK’
GDS sheds light on a range of amendments to government’s online infrastructure, which the tech

Supplier of IT system for Scottish GPs hits the wall
The UK subsidiary of French tech firm Cegedim has voluntarily entered administration, with doctors’ trade

Review of courts system asked to consider AI as part of ‘once-in-a-generation reform’
Sir Brian Leveson, who famously probed press practices, is to conduct a similar exercise in

DWP seeks duo of digital leaders for fraud and debt operations
Department advertises pair of vacant positions for recruits to help in its efforts to cut

Spending review: Departments subject to expert ‘challenge panels’ as online tool invites policy proposals from public
As the government formally commences its next long-term departmental funding exercise, plans have been unveiled

HMRC to limit bids for major contact centre deal to big players
Tax agency has published an outline of its requirements and stipulations for a huge new

Border biometrics system suffered ‘no critical incidents’ last year
Ministers have revealed that, while there were various discrete connectivity issues encountered in 2023 by

Which is the UK’s least-connected nation?
Figures from Ofcom have revealed that parts of the United Kingdom continue to have high

NHS retains Covid digital supplier on £30m deal due to ‘unforeseen’ procurement delays
Having directly awarded a new agreement of 18 months to a specialist provider, the health

Government reform plan sets goal of ‘adopting the test-and-learn mindset of Silicon Valley’
Announcing the new administration’s civil service Plan for Change, Cabinet Office head Pat McFadden outlines

Scottish budget delivers digital mixed picture
Fiscal exercise unveiled in parliament last week by minister Shona Robison included significant backing for

Transforming civil registration project to cost Home Office £260m – with GDS and DHSC chipping in
Newly published transparency documents reveal several agencies will provide funding to support scheme to help

‘Greater mass, persistence and reach’ – MoD explores military AI
After revealing that the department is developing a ‘productivity portfolio’ of possible generative AI use

ICO to continue eschewing fines for public-sector entities
The watchdog adopted a new model of working with public bodies two years ago and,