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DSIT alerts market to £250m cloud plans to support massive AI power up DWP seeks senior leader to tackle cybersecurity vulnerabilities Cyber graduate roles emerge as Whitehall’s most hotly contested DWP picks IBM for potential £30m deal to use AI to meet ‘key business challenges and opportunities’ Calls for procurement innovation to better support policy Rollout planned for NHS App’s ‘family access’ feature for parents and carers after successful pilot  HMRC signs £12m virtual desktop deal Government taps AI to prevent £500m of fraud in FY25

Features

5 Minutes
Features Government and politics

Parties across the spectrum united in opposing Starmer’s digital ID plan

Sam Trendall September 26, 2025
Responses to proposals give Downing Street a range of damning assessments to choose from, including, ‘painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian’, ‘ludicrous and ill thought out’, and ‘wholly unBritish’ […]...
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Interview: MoJ leader on how digital can support reform and rehabilitation

September 2, 2025

Data ownership, shadow AI and One Login expansion: Five things we learned at the Socitm President’s Conference

August 27, 2025
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How departments are using data analytics to combat fraud

July 31, 2025

HMRC Transformation Roadmap: New citizen services, more revenue and ‘cultural change’ across department

July 23, 2025

Opinion

3 Minutes
Cyber Security Hub Opinion

Fear vs cheer: Can we ever strike the right tone on cyber?

September 5, 2025

How NISTA can drive sustained transformation

September 1, 2025

Procurement should be a bridge, not a barrier, to local SMEs

July 11, 2025

Failing to secure public trust could derail government’s AI agenda

April 22, 2025

Local government leaders must give permission and support to digital colleagues to create the right future

April 16, 2025
5 Minutes
News Society and welfare

DWP minister says ‘only minimal information will ever be shared’ under powers to monitor millions of bank accounts

Sam Trendall December 15, 2023 202 Comments on DWP minister says ‘only minimal information will ever be shared’ under powers to monitor millions of bank accounts
Proposed legislative update could potentially enable department to obtain data on millions of citizens’ accounts, while government projects that expanded powers will see annual benefit fraud prosecutions increase about twentyfold […]...
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5 Minutes
News Public order, justice and rights

MoJ cyber strategy sets plan to appoint security SRO for all IT systems and create unified staff identity system

Sam Trendall December 12, 2023 11 Comments on MoJ cyber strategy sets plan to appoint security SRO for all IT systems and create unified staff identity system
Strategy document outlines eight core pillars covering personnel, infrastructure, risks, and culture, with the aim of ensuring all services are resilient to cyberattack and secure design processes are universally adopted […]...
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