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Features

13 Minutes
Features Highlights

Digital ID consultation: Bad news for ‘annoying people’, good news for future governments – and five other things we learned

Sam Trendall March 12, 2026
A Downing Street event this week marked the start of a key stage in the government’s plans for a new formal digital identity. PublicTechnology went along to find out more. […]...
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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

‘Outages are a wake-up call to know your clouds and ask if you built them right’

December 11, 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
7 Minutes
Features Health and social care

The best medicine: How the MHRA is using AI to support scientists and thwart threats

Sam Trendall August 19, 2024 50 Comments on The best medicine: How the MHRA is using AI to support scientists and thwart threats
After tech helped the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency play a starring role in government’s coronavirus response, digital chief Claire Harrison tells PublicTechnology where the watchdog’s story went next […]...
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5 Minutes
News Society and welfare

DWP grows trials of generative AI and reports ‘no immediate concerns’ from fairness assessment of fraud algorithm

Sam Trendall August 16, 2024 105 Comments on DWP grows trials of generative AI and reports ‘no immediate concerns’ from fairness assessment of fraud algorithm
In its annual report, department makes good on a pledge to develop, undertake and reveal the outcome of a fairness analysis, but declines to provide detailed findings of the process […]...
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