DWP opens recruitment for £200k digital chief
Incumbent Simon McKinnon will step down in March 2023
Citizens to receive government text alerts for weather emergencies
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Sunak’s suggestions for civil service shake-up get frosty reception
Aspiring PM ‘doesn’t understand the basics’ of how government works, critics claim
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Report crowns Manchester top UK hotspot for tech start-ups
City is the best place outside London to start a technology business, study finds
NHS Digital and NHSX to be merged into NHS England
Leaders of technology units say that subsumption will accelerate transformation and enable consistent messaging
‘Work from home where possible’ – Northern Ireland updates Covid advice
Ministers issue statement aimed at ‘strengthening the message’ on mitigations for virus transmission as winter looms
Scotland will not extend vaccine passports to pubs, restaurants and theatres
Government also announces that negative tests will be accepted at large events and nightclubs
NHS Covid app: local features and boosting uptake among ‘under-represented communities’ cited as key to autumn plan
Test and Trace strategy and delivery document sheds light on plan to use technology to help citizens ‘navigate their way through life with Covid-19’
Suppliers chosen for £250m NHS patient communications framework
Procurement vehicle selects 29 firms across nine lots
HMRC expects to recover 40% of £5.8bn lost to fraud and error in pandemic support
Tax agency’s head says department believes it will recoup just 40p in the pound of money lost in delivery of furlough and other support schemes
GOV.UK login system received £100m funding in Spending Review
Head of Central Digital and Data Office says that her team worked closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure tech initiatives were supported by funding round
DfE appoints partner to support delivery of up to 500,000 homeschooling laptops this winter
Major supplier Computacenter awarded multimillion-pound contract
Booster jabs included on NHS Covid Pass
Digital documents now offer users ability to demonstrate third dose of coronavirus vaccination
UK digital minister joins counterparts in agreement for ‘sustainable and inclusive innovation’
Joint statement from 10 governments pledges cooperation in delivering transformation objectives
Government says tech will help reach aviation net zero as data shows Sunak flew London to Birmingham and back in a day
Junior minister says that private flights can sometimes ‘provide better value for money’
‘Simply unacceptable’ – MPs slam DWP over £8bn in benefit fraud during pandemic
But government maintains that fraud and error remain rare
Cabinet Office taps LinkedIn to help fill ‘specialist’ digital and leadership roles in £600k deal
GDS will be the main beneficiary of the central department’s purchase of software and support from professional social network
Scotland may extend vaccine passports to pubs, restaurants and theatres on 6 December
Industry groups express concern as Nicola Sturgeon indicates use of app may be required from the first week of December
Criminal justice and mental health: Report identifies ‘broken’ system of data-sharing between agencies
Study warned that the impact of mental illness is being ‘missed at every stage’ of the criminal justice system
Government plans to add booster dose to digital NHS Covid Pass, PM pledges
Boris Johnson tells nation that ‘we will have to adjust our concept of what constitutes a full vaccination’
Courts IT system threatens thousands of jobs, union warns
PCS believes digital case-management system is not fit for purpose
NHS Delivery Unit to analyse data in bid to cut waiting lists
Newly established function comes on top of investment in digital diagnostics as government seeks to get record waiting lists under control
Cabinet Office explores creation of £5m digital platform to manage all government grants
Department claims system would ‘completely reset the way in which government, public sector bodies, charities, SMEs and citizens interact’
Net-zero policy project aims to model potential tech and societal changes
Research initiative from government scientists will study data on trends