Leader sought to ‘manage government’s relationship with world’s most powerful technology companies’
Salary of almost £70k on offer for head of Big Tech Strategic Engagement Unit
Innovate UK nabs tech exec Mukerjee as new chief
Former insurance and electronics bigwig becomes innovation agency's first permanent head in...
HMRC shared 5,000 citizen records with local councils in pilot ‘to analyse vulnerable and overlapping debtors’
Newly published information-sharing register reveals programme took place last autumn
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Bradford to create ‘brick-for-brick virtual clone’ of city centre
Open-source project hopes to improve policy design and service delivery
Booking website crashes minutes after expansion of vaccine programme
All adults aged over 45 can now book an appointment to be immunised
Test and Trace hired £40,000-a-day digital team after failure ‘to source civil servants with these skills’
Procurement data reveals consultancy brought in to cover six-month drive to recruit specialists
Commission calls for app for citizens to track government money – and no more spending reviews
Paper urges overhaul of financial planning system
More than half of GP appointments now conducted face to face
Thirteen million consultations took place in person in February
Government faces opposition to Covid status certification from across political spectrum
Opposition parties and its own MPs may vote against plans when given the chance to do so
Cabinet Office to ask million-strong online panel of citizens for views on government policies
Market research contracts worth £15m awarded
Cyber guru appointed UK’s first director of homeland security
Former NCSC bigwig Chloe Squires joins Home Office
HMRC renegotiates £94m AWS deal
Department replaces existing arrangement with contract under new terms
Government abandons proposals for algorithm to calculate housing need
MHCLG announces it will not proceed with plans
Foreign holidays still illegal but citizens ‘urged not to delay’ passport applications
Government says those requiring a new document should get online ASAP
Government promises ‘tough new regulator’ will stand up to Facebook and Google
Digital Markets Unit could spearhead implementation of codes of conduct for tech giants
Government leases office space around the country to support hybrid working
Model intended to allow for civil servants to mix homeworking with time in the office
DHSC expands Test and Trace cloud support deal to improve data flow
Extra £367k added to deal in support of isolation payments
Government to trial coronavirus ‘status certification’
Plans include use of NHS Covid-19 app to display vaccination or test results
All about that BEIS – department set to keep name despite Industrial Strategy death knell
Move away from policy plan will not occasion rebrand of department, government claims
Government plans £5m trial of apps that reward healthy behaviour
Citizens may be financially remunerated for their diet and exercise habits
Whitehall leaders need to better support staff innovation, NAO report finds
Assessment picks out a series of barriers to improving government’s operational performance
HMRC offers £150k for chief data officer
Department looking to fill ‘one of the biggest roles in the UK’