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Worcestershire County Council’s digital delivery leader Jo Hilditch tells PublicTechnology about how apps and digital platforms have supported the authority’s coronavirus response

Former DWP chief security officer Claudia Natanson to chair new professional body

While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany

Report recommends changes to funding rules to help innovation centres collaborate with universities and industry

Document will bring working conditions in line

Defence Medical Services (DMS) is pursuing ground-breaking digital, data and technology transformation which will revolutionise Tri-Service healthcare provision to over 135,000 Armed Forces personnel.

MPs request years of data to support probe

Study from IfG shows heavy recruitment across first three quarters of 2020 

Minister says pandemic has provided ‘valuable intelligence’ on the role technology can play

Eight institutions across UK named centres of excellence

Matt Warman tells PublicTechnology event that government wants products and services to be secure ‘from the ground up’ – reducing burden on consumers and businesses

UK’s top two civil servants should be handed more responsibility as part of drive to make Cabinet Office more effective, says IfG

Government says a ‘small number’ of machines are affected by what users say is a worm that contacts Russian servers

Programme looks to reduce reliance on consultants

Exercise led by Michael Barber suggests civil service shape-up remains a target for the PM

Education Scotland will examine how institutions across the country are responding to need for online learning

Having long suffered from a scarcity of funding, councils could be forgiven for deprioritising investments in new tech. But public and private and sector leaders tell PublicTechnology that digital has never been more important. 

Education Scotland stresses there is a ‘manual workaround’

Survey conducted by FDA union finds 97% of officials want option of working remotely

Procurement documents show DfE awarded another deal to Computacenter in November

Former head of NCSC Ciaran Martin believes that ‘war on Whitehall’ has ended – to minimal discernible effect