Government uses king’s speech to take aim at digital fraud
Monarch’s presentation flags up ministers’ intention to introduce legislation to help tackle issues such as
HMRC leaders claim ‘considerable success’ of summer self-assessment helpline shutdown with more trial closures planned
Senior managers acknowledge that lack of notice over telephone service closure was ‘definitely not part
Officials see clear pros and cons to hybrid working
New research finds that civil servants welcome increase in flexibility of patterns, but lament back-to-back
UKSA looks to progress space clean-up work
Government agency commits £2m funding to support research initiatives examining how new refuelling technologies and
GOV.UK homepage redesigned to be ‘bolder and clearer on mobile devices’
Government Digital Service reveals that front door of government’s website has been given its most
MoD leads procurement for £400m single-supplier ‘innovation framework’
One firm is to be appointed as a ‘neutral vendor’ that will be expected to
MPs and academics welcome AI cooperation agreement but urge ongoing action
Stakeholders are cautiously optimistic following the conclusion of the AI Safety Summit, but have warned
Government spends £66m extending deal for testing new digital services and IT systems
Dynamic purchasing system – developed by procurement specialists working in conjunction with the Home Office
New AI Safety Institute seeks to ‘prevent surprise from unexpected advances’
Body will be formed from parts of the existing Frontier AI Taskforce, other elements of
Scottish Government to provide Covid Inquiry 14,000 WhatsApps – but still faces claims of ‘torching evidence’
Although senior ministers have pledged to hand over thousands of messages to the public inquiry,
Government claims it has never paid a ransomware demand – and never will
Minister publicly confirms staunch policy to tie in with statement made in unison with 45
AI Safety Summit: Musk calls for independent ‘referee’ as survey reveals public fears over big tech influence
Meanwhile the Scottish Government has indicated that it is ‘deeply disappointed’ at the lack of
DfT confirms funding for research of delivery robots
Minister indicates that department wishes to better understand the potential benefits of ‘autonomous pavement delivery
‘A big problem’ – HMRC scans IT systems for hundreds of thousands of women affected by potential £1.5bn pension gap
Department seeks data on child benefit claimants during the two decades leading up to 2000
AI Safety Summit: Major nations sign cooperation agreement recognising technology’s ‘potential for catastrophic harm’
PM Rishi Sunak calls declaration a ‘landmark achievement’, but tech billionaire airs concerns that governments
MPs to probe cyber defences of critical infrastructure
Parliament’s science and tech committee has announced a new inquiry to examine the current resilience
NHS drops extra £125k on security support deal after ‘unforeseen cyber incidents’
Health service reveals it has extended engagement with Deloitte – and delayed the tender for
Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk to talk AI in online event
PM to join controversial tech billionaire for conversation hosted on the latter’s X platform, in