
Cabinet Office extends £9.5m Google apps deal as switch to Microsoft nears
Department is in the process of delivering a £50m project to implement a new IT

Report calls for dedicated digital transformation minister
Expert contributors to a new assessment have urged government to create a new and focused

Departments begin signing up for STEM skills programme
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has become the first Whitehall organisation to register

DWP cites complexity and ageing IT as it squashes plans to integrate New Style benefits into UC
Department’s response to report from advisory body reveals that new versions of JSA and ESA

Government at odds with MPs over calls to reform code for non-exec directors
A parliamentary committee has been critical of government’s decision to reject its previous recommendation to

Scottish Government policy plan sets out local transformation ambitions
Holyrood’s Programme for Government sets reducing poverty, economic growth, climate change, and high-quality public services

Government expects sixfold increase to take value of bumper Tech Services framework to £12bn
Supplier input is being sought for the incoming fourth version of the cross-public sector procurement

Anti-fraud officials ‘lack credibility and authority’ with senior managers, MPs warn
A new report from parliament’s Public Accounts Committee finds that those charged with tackling fraud

Report finds digital divide in healthcare provision
Many countries across Europe and Asia lack a plan for boosting digital health literacy, study

UKHO reports rise in costs of digital transformation
Ministry of Defence unit that produces Admiralty nautical charts warns of cyber risks Spending on

Land Registry chooses process automation for simple changes
Decision follows the experience in New Zealand, where 87% of cases are handled automatically and

Harry the HR chatbot: DLUHC innovation team creates time-saving tech
New innovation squad is a cross-discipline team and delivered results in six weeks A newly

Scottish Government renews £75m desktop contract with HP
Supplier had won an equivalent contract in 2019 and was the only bidder for the

Build trust by dropping ‘agile’ jargon, says DfE technologist
Pete Ward, head of department's teaching services, on working with cross-government teams

Home Office recruits 13 senior technology roles
Hiring drive for roles in grades 6 and 7 with salaries up to £80,520, depending

LockBit reaches Ministry of Defence after cyber attack on supplier
The ransomware group has stolen thousands of Ministry of Defence papers and uploaded them to

Northern Ireland police chief resigns following data breach
Court decision on disciplinary action over two officers preceded Simon Byrne’s resignation, with earlier mistaken

Government should discourage use of Chinese surveillance technology, report says
Commons foreign affairs committee warns the UK is over-reliant on Chinese technology designed for authoritarian