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Home secretary tells web giants ‘enough is enough’ on extremist content
Sajid Javid criticises YouTube, Google, Facebook, and Twitter
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport gets new chief
Current Cabinet Office director general Sarah Healey will replace Sue Owen at the start of next month
Bank of England spends one-third more on IT than other central government departments
PAC laments central bank’s continued use of legacy systems and manual processes
Online VAT collection system at heart of government’s no-deal Brexit planning for Irish border
Plan would waive Northern Ireland border checks and slash tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a deal
EU settlement scheme: West Midlands, North East and London get document-scanning boost
Four new locations opened where EU citizens can verify their identity
How Leeds is improving care by breaking out of 'NHS-only systems'
Leeds digital chief Dylan Roberts tells Gill Hitchcock about how the city is joining up records and trying to help 10,000 Loiners get online each year
Defence secretary invests £66m to get robots on the front line
Chunk of Transformation Fund will be used to fast-track development of technologies including driverless logistics vehicles and miniature drones
Social media not a ‘serious threat’ to court hearings, government concludes
Responses to consultation reveal that risk created by online platforms is no more than ‘relatively minor’
‘Innovation is problematic when it is behind the scenes’
Jeni Tennison, CEO of the Open Data Institute, talks to PublicTechnology about the organisation’s work with government and how to balance risk and reward in the use of open data
‘Clear parallels with Windrush’ – concerns raised on EU settlement scheme reliance on digital
Lords urge Home Office to widen promotion and ensure EU citizens have physical documentation of status
Government criticised for spending £100k on export podcast flop
Just 8,400 people have listened to the ‘Local to Global’ podcast, equating to £12.74 per listener
Digital tax deadline looms as HMRC pledges ‘light-touch approach’ to enforcement
With one month to go until HMRC system comes into effect, only 30,000 firms have signed up so far
Temps account for 98% of staff building £250m immigration platform
Minister reveals just eight out of 360 workers on Home Office project are civil servants
Government to use TV ads to point people towards no-deal guidance site
Comms campaign to promote online advice and info will ramp up in the coming weeks
Home Office rolls out assisted digital support for EU settled status scheme
Department ramps up number of locations offering support with applications to about 150 – although Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are comparatively poorly served
Government lauds Whitehall smart-working pioneers
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden praises projects he sees as ‘example to follow’ for others
‘Is it in society’s interest to force people online?’
Research reveals ‘a significant minority’ of people who are proud not to use the internet. PublicTechnology asks the CEO of government advisory body BSG how industry and policymakers should respond
Action is needed now on digital identities
Ruth Milligan of techUK explains why the government must take the lead to ensure the UK implements a system of digital identities
Rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband in £3m government scheme
More than 120 schools given the chance to boost their connections
Government puts tech apprentice programme on hiatus
Cabinet Office reveals that civil service Fast Track scheme, which covers six core professions, is ‘under review’
Government anti-fake news unit to continue
Funding situation still uncertain but blog post reveals rapid response unit will continue through 2019