Scotland supports SMEs’ use of tech in economic stimulus plan
Scottish Government will also provide funding for retraining
Widespread Whitehall homeworking to continue
Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited...
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Government launches digital tool for firms to report energy data
Service will allow users to submit information via XBRL
All-lane smart motorways show boost in average speeds
Data suggests that the removal of a hard shoulder brings a higher miles per hour rate, but concerns over safety remain
DWP seeks to ‘transform’ retirement and pension services
Department seeks partner to fulfil potential two-year programme of work
Twitter directs #Coronavirus searches to NHS website as government steps up social media push
Government ramps up engagement with tech firms in bid to promote accurate advice and information
Digitising the Natural History Museum and boosting HMRC IT – fourteen tech takeaways from the Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a range of funding and new programmes dedicated to digital, data and technology
DCMS unit to lead government’s anti-disinformation work
Cross-government team will support response to coronavirus falsehoods
Government defeats Tory rebellion in Commons Huawei vote
An amendment that would have guaranteed the removal of the Chinese vendor’s kit by 2023 was not passed
‘Take aim, press print’ – military tests 3D-printed explosives
Research unit examines the front-line potential of additive manufacturing
Defence committee launches probe into Huawei and 5G security
MPs will consider issues including whether it is possible to separate peripheral and sensitive parts of networks
Building Brexit-ready systems cost government £1.5bn
NAO report finds that new IT platforms and other infrastructure required a 10-figure investment
Home Office ‘exploring options’ ahead of end to funding scheme for vulnerable citizens’ settled status applications
Almost a million EU citizens are yet be granted status with £9m grant funding programme slated to close on 31 March
Conservatives warn PM that Huawei decision ‘leaves UK utterly friendless’
Senior figures including Iain Duncan Smith and Tom Tugendhat urge reconsideration of 5G infrastructure plans
Home Office body takes evidence on ethics of police use of facial recognition
Department’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group seeks input from various parties
DWP to build digital platform for integrated disability assessments
Department to trial new system and methods in small ‘transformation area’
Government Communication Service to collect and analyse data on public-service radio ads
Cabinet Office seeks supplier to fulfil two-year contract
Data suggests big local differences in EU settlement applications
Campaign group calls for local authorities to lead on supporting applications as only a quarter of EU citizens in some areas have applied so far
GDS boss Alison Pritchard: ‘There’s scope for us to be a bit more of an enforcer’
Director general says that, as organisation focuses more on data, she wants to ensure ‘we maintain the teeth we need to be effective’
Lord Agnew to take on GDS ministerial responsibility
Post is split between Treasury and Cabinet Office
UK plans to ditch all physical immigration documents
The Home Office will move to digital systems across the board – despite repeated warnings over ‘parallels with Windrush’
PM launches major defence and foreign policy review with pledge to ‘harness new technologies’
Exercise will consider spending on military equipment as well as the work of a range of departments
Government uses natural-language processing to support post-Brexit trade consultation
ONS data scientists are supporting the DIT in applying AI techniques to public responses