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GDS economists create tech benefits framework to help depts quantify savings or job reductions Police tech body adds six months and £30m to deal for Airwave devices to cover ESN delays DWP acknowledges need to improve cross-government data-sharing Scotland plans new national tax platform Whitehall chief puts ‘ambitious and deliverable AI plans’ on priority list Capita reveals data breach affecting 138 members of troubled Whitehall pension scheme 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

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