Scottish public sector warned of increased fraud risk
Auditors uncover £15m in fraud and errors and urge vigilance against dangers posed by pandemic
EXCL: Whitehall departments reported 500 personal data breaches to ICO in FY20
Information request reveals that number of reported incidents increased slightly
HMRC appoints second perm sec to lead transformation
Customer service head Angela MacDonald is promoted
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Department tasks Russell Reynolds Associates with helping bring on board new permanent secretary
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Cross-party group voices opposition to plans to ask members to return to Westminster
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Newly published spend-control data shows that deals were awarded to extend service provision until 2022
Four in five DWP staff not working remotely, figures suggest
Vast majority of staff in most departments are performing their duties from home
Investigation launched into ‘truth twisters’ tweet
Post from official civil service account appeared to criticise Johnson and Cummings
Government plans to expunge Huawei from 5G network by 2023, reports claim
Prime minister plans to backtrack on previous decision to allow Chinese giant to play a role in next-generation telecoms
NHS collates data from symptom-tracker apps
NHSX works with jHub to gather and analyse information collected by third-party software
Rights groups question whether plans for NHS data store are ‘appropriate, lawful and just’
Signatories including Liberty and Open Knowledge Foundation call for greater transparency
Home Office tells staff working from home may be required for another year
Department will shortly issue guidance on support with buying tech
MoD goes straight to Microsoft for first-of-its-kind £20m Azure deal
Department says it was necessary to skip competitive process and award contract – which includes early access to Microsoft products – directly to vendor
Rees-Mogg presses on with plan to end virtual parliament on 1 June
Commons leader reiterates his intention that MPs should return within two weeks, despite cross-party criticism
Cambridge University suspends all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021
Institution declares that lectures will be provided in online-only form
MPs and peers call for urgent data-protection law for contact-tracing app
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has drafted a bill designed to ensure users’ data is not misused
Government website to recruit fruit pickers crashes on launch
Web platform to support Pick for Britain campaign goes down
Scotland begins trials of contact-tracing platform
NHS Scotland is testing its contact-tracing program ahead of a nationwide rollout due later this month
MoJ signs two new suppliers to provide electronic tags for early-release scheme
Government has bought 2,000 extra tags – but only prisoners 55 have been released so far
Civil service chief says Covid response shows government’s ability to be ‘more flexible, more digital, more data-based’
Alex Chisholm has claimed he does not want the civil service to ‘carry on as we are’
UK border officials to ask travellers to download contact-tracing app on arrival
Minister and local MP cite success of ongoing trial on the Isle of Wight
Scottish NHS staff offered mental-health apps
Two programs offered for free to front-line workers
Government faces calls for ‘transparency’ over coronavirus contracts
Shadow minister encourages release of information concerning deals awarded to private-sector firms
Home Office to hold online advice events for Windrush victims
Digital initiative aims to help people understand what support is available to them