
Westminster ‘following Welsh pilots of automatic voter registration with interest’
The government’s minister for democracy Rushanara Ali has suggested that she and her colleagues will

Applicants’ personal data accessed in cyberattack on Legal Aid Agency
Anyone who has applied for assistance in the past 15 years is encouraged to take

DWP targets waiting-time issues with online tools and new call routing
The department’s minister for transformation has cited various recent tech developments to its Child Maintenance

NHS proceeds with £36m digital scheme to ‘modernise donor engagement’
After initially engaging with suppliers two years ago to help shape technical specifications, the health

Officials ‘hungry for reform’, says union chief
The leader of the union for civil servants and public sector professionals tells the organisation’s

Scottish Government signs £114m deal for rural and agricultural services modernisation
The farming and rural directorate has brought in a specialist provider to help its work

AI tool for collating consultation responses shows well in first major test
The automated Consult technology was used to support sifting of feedback provided via Scottish Government

DWP-led £2.5bn shared services scheme sees ‘early delays’ and reduced benefits
Early work on achieving the milestones set out in the contracts with enterprise resource planning

NHS virtual wards add 1,000 beds in the past year as per capita target shelved
Secondary care minister tells former health secretary that, while the government wishes to continue to

Money for new national supercomputer ‘never existed’, minister says
In a parliamentary back and forth, the technology secretary strongly refuted the suggestion from his

GDS and digital ID watchdog meet with vendors to explore ‘how GOV.UK Wallet can work with private sector solutions’
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes this week joined DSIT colleagues in meeting developers of

Crown Prosecution Service signs £25m software licensing partner
The department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases has picked a specialist provider for a three-year

Whitehall’s former top NED forecasts 30% productivity boost from agentic AI adoption
Michael Jary, who served for two years as the primary external director advising government, says

MoJ digital chief: ‘People interact with us at moments of vulnerability – they need to feel supported by the experience’
Giving the morning keynote at this week’s PublicTechnology Live conference, Kamal Bal told attendees about

DWP signs £4m deal to support final year of cloud transformation scheme
Department retains core supplier to provide overall project support to the closing months of the

Gen AI guidance tells Scottish officials ‘do not share anything you would not share with a member of the public’
Advice issued to civil servants north of the border clarifies that they should not input

Minister claims One Login has ‘worked to address all concerns’ over security
Recent reports have claimed that top government cyber officials have raised worries about the security

DCMS signs £2m deal for new holiday lets digital registration regime
The department in charge of the new online regime that will require owners offering stays