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Legacy tech: HMRC rates its technical health at 3 out of 5 – one point below ‘acceptable’ Government ‘planning for varied outcomes’ of AI on the labour market Digital platform to enable officials to find Whitehall mentors Cabinet Office inks £20m AWS cloud deal Digital ID booze-buying checks expected by the end of year Abolition of NHS England ‘will not hamper digital services or cyber standards’ Minister: ‘HMRC will be an agile department with modern IT by 2030’ MoD agency begins tests for £1bn AI-powered digital system to help ‘degrade or destroy an identified target’

Features

8 Minutes
Communities, housing and planning Features

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

Sam Trendall August 27, 2025
At the local government body’s annual gathering, PublicTechnology and other delegates heard from sector leaders about how digital is creating both opportunities for innovation and new problems to be solved […]...
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Opinion

3 Minutes
Cyber Security Hub Opinion

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