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New laws to require websites to ‘proactively seek and remove’ Russian disinformation
Updated legislation will apply to social networks and search engines
Government launches online public vote to help choose HQ of Great British Railways
Public encouraged to submit their preference for location state-owned transport agency
Technology, transformation and talent: is the public sector meeting its biggest reform challenges?
Local and central government experts joined a recent PublicTechnology webinar discussion exploring strategies to modernise public services and their progress so far
NHS Covid Pass set to be phased out within nine months
Government is considering ‘transition options’ ahead of planned closure of programme for vaccination certification
Government seeks data and analysis leader for post-Brexit trade unit
Cabinet Office-based team offers potential six-figure salary for cross-government role
HMRC: Outgoing customs IT system closes to new import registrants
Tax agency reminds traders of need to sign up for new digital service
Order for NHS to share confidential patient info renewed for four months
Sajid Javid signs off fifth renewal of pandemic-response measure first introduced in March 2020
Highway Code adds rules for self-driving cars
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
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 gaining legal recognition of gender
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 immediate north of the capital
‘Remote monitoring and virtual wards’ – Javid unveils NHS tech transformation plan to clear Covid backlogs
Health secretary claims that use of NHS app is ‘at the heart of’ strategy to reform health service
Government urged to commit to devolution to drive innovation and levelling-up
Think tank report identifies benefits of city mayors, but finds many local officials are frustrated with current interactions with Whitehall
Government seeks ‘better outcomes’ by linking data on homelessness, crime and addiction
MoJ-led series of pilot programmes aim to better connect information to improve outcomes for those with complex needs
Russia: sanctions tightened on exports of monitoring and military tech
New measures prohibit supply of any tech used for ‘internal repression’
‘This lack of transparency could undermine trust’ – DWP scolded over failure to publish research data
Parliamentary committee writes to department urging greater openness
Whitehall chief: ‘From AOs to perm secs – we all need to be data confident’
Government operations leader wants departments to make better use of the ‘huge amounts of data’ at their disposal
First five services to pilot new government-wide login from September
Minister says rollout of One Login will learn the lessons of previous projects and will not take a ‘big bang’ approach
Is the UK ready for the future of compute?
The government’s upcoming review should consider ways to increase the country’s computing capacity, believes Laura Foster of techUK
Government to move 2,500 officials to ‘digitally enabled’ Manchester hub
The city centre facility will include hundreds of civil service posts relocated from London
Government considering use of unique IDs across justice system
Minister claims that efforts to replace legacy tech provide opportunity to adopt new system