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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Scottish Borders Council accredited as Apple learning centre
Local authority is approved to deliver education on vendor’s technology
Covid inquiry to probe availability and use of data during pandemic
The contact-tracing system and the use of information will be key areas of focus for the long-awaited review of the UK’s response to coronavirus
Next government HR boss will be asked to ‘leverage AI and digitalisation’
Recruitment is open for a new government chief people officer to succeed Rupert McNeil
Ex-national security and anti-terror chiefs approved for consulting gigs with BT and Deloitte
Appointments watchdog signs off roles for Dominic Fortescue and Tom Hurd
Scottish watchdog finds ‘drug and alcohol data is not good enough’
Audit agency calls for more and better information and improved transparency
Glasgow app hopes to reduce reoffending
Program aims to help citizens access public services and support
'We want to set the digital agenda with and for Wales'
The Welsh Government has created an agency to drive technology innovation throughout the country’s public services. Its recently appointed co-leaders, Harriet Green and Myra Hunt, tell PublicTechnology about their digital plans for the nation
IWD: The tech sector needs equity, not just equality
The industry needs to focus on building equitable products and workplaces rooted in inclusivity and belonging this International Women’s Day, according to Nimmi Patel from techUK
Scotland aims to back ‘digital revolution’ in long-term economic plan
Decade-long agenda looks to help meet the challenges and opportunities of net zero and promote a ‘culture of delivery’ in government
HMRC automation stopped 100,000 ineligible claims for Covid support
Digital processes helped tax agency block fraudulent attempts, according to minister
National Security College to offer tech training to policy maestros
New facility will open next month
Space science grant programme supports atomic clocks and hair-breadth mirrors
UKRI hands out almost £500k to research institutions and specialist firms
Officials meet with telcos to discuss impact of storms
Minister claims DCMS is working with companies to understand where improvements can be made
Scotland’s vaccine passport scheme to end on Monday
App will remain available to businesses that wish to use it voluntarily
Huawei consulted on network exclusion – but government claims ban will not be reversed
DCMS indicates feedback exercise, in which vendor is being asked to provide views on its proposed ban from the UK’s next-generation networks, is a legal requirement
EXCL: Government withholds information on anti-disinformation unit
PublicTechnology’s attempts to find out more about the Counter-Disinformation Unit were rebuffed after a minister was consulted
Windrush: Home Office to build central platform to improve data quality and management
Department aims to make good on recommendations of 2020 lessons-learned report
Scottish Government urged to ditch contact-tracing programme
Opponents call for more ‘targeted’ approach to virus
DDaT profession: Government maps out digital accessibility career
Home Office works with CDDO to put together proposal
Universities to run major research examining impact of digitised services on ethnic minorities
Researchers from five institutions will participate in £3.3m project examining whether channel shift has reinforced existing inequalities as well as creating new ones
ICO examining ‘serious cybersecurity incident’ at FCDO
Department discloses that it was the target of an attack