Tom Read tells MPs that work to develop new platform is taking a much more iterative approach than its troubled predecessor...
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Home Office picks Capgemini for £4m deal to deliver ‘final stages’ of digital border crossing
Supplier will provide development specialists to support conclusion of delayed rollout...
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Government hit with legal request for records of WhatsApp messages concerning official business
Campaign group plan to ask for judicial review of practice it claims presents ‘threat to democratic accountability’...
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‘A loud, siren-like sound’ – UK mobiles to receive government emergency alert test
Procurement data reveals government has signed the UK’s four network operators to five-year deals worth a cumulative £16m...
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Shadow chancellor: ‘Labour government would carry out wave of insourcing’
Rachel Reeves uses party conference to pledge review of £2bn of contracts awarded during pandemic to ‘claw back’ money from underperforming suppliers...
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Scotland delays vaccine status enforcement to allow firms time to prepare
After obligation comes into force on Friday, businesses will have a grace period of more than two weeks to ensure compliance...
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Government making ‘technical assessment to ensure high standards of data protection’ in UK-US transfers
Minister says countries are ‘engaging positively’ on planned adequacy arrangement...
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‘Not in line with spending policies’ – ICO apologises for buying £6,000 of chocolate
Data protection watchdog says that money was spent on gifts to recognise employees’ hard work – but should not have been drawn from public funds...
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Hybrid working takes root across civil service
Unions welcome continuation of flexible models but caution against pressurising workers to return to offices...
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Whitehall chief pegs annual government digital spending at £20bn
Civil service chief operating officer tells MPs that ‘every single government programme has a strong digital element’...
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