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Home Office believes use of new technology will mean people can enter the UK without going through a gate or being checked by an official

Contract with specialist services firm will enable department to convert graduate contractors into full-time civil servants

Authorities working to resolve disagreement concerning ‘digital investment activity’

Auditors’ report flags up data issues and changes to working patterns as major challenges for property agenda

ICO reveals findings of year-long investigation

Duo seem set to replace tech-focused ministers that resigned last week

But tech firms also see continued challenges, including overlapping frameworks and lack of clarity on social-value requirements

A pipeline of both technical and commercial skills, and proper consideration of the ethical implications is needed to ensure organisations are not left behind, according to Laura Foster of techUK

Regulator and cyber intelligence agency write joint letter seeking engagement with trade body for solicitors

Asda, Tesco, Morrisons all experimented with cameras and AI software that estimates a patron’s age, while a pop-up bar in Manchester trialled ‘biometric finger-vein technology’

Updated legislation will apply to social networks and search engines

Public encouraged to submit their preference for location state-owned transport agency 

Local and central government experts joined a recent PublicTechnology webinar discussion exploring strategies to modernise public services and their progress so far

Government is considering ‘transition options’ ahead of planned closure of programme for vaccination certification

Cabinet Office-based team offers potential six-figure salary for cross-government role

Tax agency reminds traders of need to sign up for new digital service

Sajid Javid signs off fifth renewal of pandemic-response measure first introduced in March 2020

Updated manual advises that drivers can ‘turn their attention from the road’ and watch in-car entertainment – but must always be ready to retake control of the vehicle

Increased funding is set to more than double the money received by those who brought group legal action – with more support to follow

Service was ‘developed and tested with trans people’ to help reduce administrative burden of gaining legal recognition of gender

Government unveils plan to ‘replace Victorian infrastructure’ across routes in counties to the immediate north of the capital