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DVSA’s new £735m theory test contracts to offer option to ‘explore remote testing’ Government pledges ‘local conversations and events to encourage participation’ in digital ID consultation DSIT launches recruitment for two more DGs Making Tax Digital: HMRC equality review finds possible ‘minor impacts’ based on disability, age and religion NHS preps for ‘large-scale’ Microsoft procurement with £50k benchmarking exercise New DWP perm sec to lead use of ‘AI and emerging tech to transform services’ GDS-run spend controls retired as departments to ‘fully own and manage their own approvals processes’ Home Office seeks trio of £100k-plus leaders to support police tech transformation

Features

8 Minutes
Economics and finance Features

Trade bodies air concerns over HMRC Making Tax Digital expansion

Jim Dunton March 23, 2026
Data crunch suggests more than 800,000 people will need to switch to department’s new submission system for income next month, as sector organisations report ‘frustration and ‘uncertainty’ among their members […]...
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Digital ID consultation: Bad news for ‘annoying people’, good news for future governments – and five other things we learned

March 12, 2026

Secret clouds, returnship schemes and machine-readable spend data – what’s in government’s digital roadmap?

January 23, 2026

What is the cost of DWP’s UC anti-fraud algorithm?

January 21, 2026

Identity politics: What do we know so far about government’s digital ID plans?

December 30, 2025

Opinion

5 Minutes
Highlights Opinion Public order, justice and rights

AI in the justice system must promote legitimacy, not just productivity

March 25, 2026

Falling is inevitable, but learning is a design choice

March 19, 2026

Government should lead by example on professional standards for IT and digital

March 13, 2026

Does transformation need a transformation?

March 10, 2026

FOI is arming cyberattackers – here is how to fix it

February 17, 2026
3 Minutes
Business and industry News

‘Increased visibility and financial accountability’ – Home Office to create internal expert team to manage hundreds of millions in public cloud spending

Sam Trendall September 5, 2024 190 Comments on ‘Increased visibility and financial accountability’ – Home Office to create internal expert team to manage hundreds of millions in public cloud spending
The department has specified that it does not wish to simply procure a specialist outsourced service, but wishes to work with an independent expert to create its own FinOps function […]...
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2 Minutes
Defence and Security News

Microsoft outage: Government to ‘review lessons learned and improve response plans’ for future shutdowns

Sam Trendall September 4, 2024 54 Comments on Microsoft outage: Government to ‘review lessons learned and improve response plans’ for future shutdowns
Agencies including NCSC and CDDO will examine the impact of the recent global incident, with the aim of informing how departments and ministers respond to similar issues in the future […]...
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