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Documents released to High Court reveal civil servants are told to switch message history off where possible

Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’

In newspaper column invoking the Blitz, ex-Tory leader becomes latest senior politician to rail against officials working remotely

The coronavirus crisis prompted ‘unprecedented public engagement’ with data, but also highlighted the challenges facing authorities

Regulator recruits for leader to support ‘change and improvement’

Officials will continue to work from home for an average of four days a week to begin with

Ministerial criticisms of remote working labelled ‘insulting’

CDIO will be responsible for promoting interoperability and use of data

The newly created National Cyber Force will be based in Samlesbury

Tom Read tells MPs that work to develop new platform is taking a much more iterative approach than its troubled predecessor

Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’

Rachel Reeves uses party conference to pledge review of £2bn of contracts awarded during pandemic to ‘claw back’ money from underperforming suppliers

After obligation comes into force on Friday, businesses will have a grace period of more than two weeks to ensure compliance

Experts from HPE outline why effective digital transformation requires a ‘Consciously Hybrid’ approach to cloud - and how best to achieve this

Data protection watchdog says that money was spent on gifts to recognise employees’ hard work – but should not have been drawn from public funds

Recently formed UK Health Security Agency seeks senior manager to lead use of ‘cutting-edge’ technology and methods

Senior officials tell MPs about the challenges they face in delivering major programmes

Joanna Davinson says digital function is working with HR colleagues to promote greater movement between disciplines

Julia Lopez, the minister responsible for GDS and CDDO, has moved departments – but the digital divisions may now receive more attention from the top of the Cabinet Office

New senior-management role comes with a remit to lead county ‘in a new evolutionary direction’

Citizens will also be invited to submit ideas for ‘reducing or eliminating regulation’