Government sets up £20m compensation pot for victims who fought to expose Post Office IT scandal
Increased funding is set to more than double the money received by those who brought group legal action – with more support to follow
Government launches unified online portal for gender-recognition applications
Service was ‘developed and tested with trans people’ to help reduce administrative burden of...
Railways: Digital signalling to be introduced from Grantham to London in £1bn rollout
Government unveils plan to ‘replace Victorian infrastructure’ across routes in counties to the...
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Government warned to expedite reform efforts or risk missing the boat
The Declaration on Government Reform could be another failed opportunity, a think tank has warned
DfE staff told to abandon homeworking and return en masse to offices ‘immediately’
Secretary of state grilled by MPs over department’s comparatively low proportion of employees going into the office
Minister: ‘Exact alignment to EU law is not a requirement for data adequacy’
Treasury faces parliamentary questions about potential risks of planned regulatory reforms
YouTube cites ‘Covid misinformation policies’ in removal of Tory MP’s parliament speech
Christopher Chope laments ‘cancel culture’ after video of him talking in Commons about ‘Covid-19 vaccine damage’ is taken down from website
Environment Agency unveils Minecraft replica of Preston to promote climate change education
Government agency works with tech firms in virtual version of Lancashire city
‘Typical hostile environment treatment’ – Home Office leaves thousands of Turkish nationals waiting more than a year for visa decisions
Applicants tell PublicTechnology that they have been provided with little information on the processing delays that mean they cannot leave the UK – even for births or funerals – and struggle to prove their right to live and work in this country
Sunak asks Royal Mint to create government-backed NFT
Chancellor also unveils plans to regulate so-called stablecoins, but critics accuse under-fire minister of ‘poorly judged gimmick’
Departments to undergo independent audits of cyber resilience
New ‘Gov Assure’ process aims to provide a government-wide overview of risk, minister tells PublicTechnology Cyber Security Summit
Heather Wheeler takes on ministerial responsibility for GDS and CDDO
Junior minister becomes the 12th parliamentarian in less than seven years to oversee digital government initiatives
Scotland puts £4m into new 5G hubs
Programme of local hubs to support adoption of technology establishes sites in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock
GDS boss puts ‘mobile-first and hyperpersonalisation’ at heart of future service transformation
Tom Read tells PublicTechnology Live about GDS’s plans to drive transformation into its second decade, and how the agency’s future priorities were informed by its peers in Ukraine
Government leaders of the future will need digital and data expertise, says head of Fast Stream
Leader of graduate recruitment programme tells PublicTechnology Live that civil servants will soon require technical skills and understanding to progress senior officialdom
High Court rules that border officials unlawfully seized 2,000 phones from asylum seekers
Judgement finds that Home Office policy breached human rights laws
Watchdog warns over ‘sneaky’ sales ploys to part drunken online shoppers from their money
Research from CMA finds many Brits enjoy a tipple while they browse
‘Get things right at the start’ – new playbook sets out rules to be applied to all government digital projects
Document covers issues such as assessments of suppliers and delivery models, and upfront consideration of potential issues with legacy IT
Scottish government backs local tech firms’ global expansion plans
Export strategy aims to support international ambitions of technology businesses
Government-backed £10m ‘innovation network’ to help telecoms firms collaborate
New facility will also provide database of funding and R&D opportunities
New guidelines ask departments to actively encourage service-user feedback
Government standards intend to foster a culture of ‘welcoming complaints in a positive way’
Government to compensate victims that exposed Horizon scandal but were excluded from Post Office scheme
Chancellor reveals payment programme aims to support those who received ‘small fraction’ of £58m settlement
Treasury to crowdsource innovation ideas from officials in bid to save £5.5bn
Ministers believe measures such as digitisation, shared services, and reducing use of consultants could help cut waste
DHSC extracts patient data to support policymaking on NHS-funded social care
Project is separate to a wider piece of work to collate all information on national provision of ‘continuing healthcare’ services