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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 One in three cannot access online benefits without help, DWP study finds Insolvency Service writes down £600k spent on new digital portal Report calls for public-service IT pros to be ‘held to same standards as doctors, lawyers and engineers’

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