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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
Net-zero policy project aims to model potential tech and societal changes
Research initiative from government scientists will study data on trends
Home Office seeks £140k head for border transformation plans
Director general post comes with remit to oversee 600 staff and £2bn budget
HMRC warns 24,000 Post Office card account holders of payment cut-off
Those who receive benefits in this manner must update details or face cessation of payments
Government commits £250m for NHS digital diagnostics to help ease waiting lists
Money will help speed up processes and free up clinicians’ time, according to health secretary
Home Office plans to offer UK visitors option to upload images and fingerprints for forensic immigration checks
Government conducts ‘feasibility trial’ for new technologies
Switch to remote working saved 500 HMRC jobs
Tax agency’s annual accounts reveal that redundancy programme was scaled back as a result of flexible working arrangements introduced in response to coronavirus crisis
Food allergy reporting tool aims to improve policymaking
Safety regulator runs proof-of-concept exercise for online platform
Government to ‘remain vigilant’ on carbon footprint of data storage
Minister says plans to use information to help reduce emissions should not come at expense of increased environmental impact
Criticism of spending on Covid schemes ‘slightly unfair’ – Sunak
Chancellor appears before MPs to answer questions about value for money and efficacy of programmes include Test and Trace and the furlough scheme
HMRC: Digitised income tax will not require paid-for software for ‘straightforward tax affairs’, minister claims
The department expects a ‘competitive market’ for providers, including various free options
Will DDaT professionals be considered ‘frontline’ during planned Whitehall job cuts?
The Spending Review revealed an intention to reduce the number of ‘non-frontline’ civil servants back to pre-pandemic levels – but the Treasury is yet to define how such a distinction will be made
UK and EU agree digital vaccine pass reciprocity
Travellers can scan smartphone passes at border posts across the union and its one former member
Borders and benefits – which government tech initiatives got a Budget boost?
A rundown of the departments and programmes that received support for digital ambitions
Government app to offer citizens £3m in rewards for diet and exercise
Wearable device will provide access to discounts and tickets for those who reduce portion sizes and take more steps
Calls for home secretary to shed light on deal to store top-secret spy data in AWS cloud
Critics claim potential £1bn contract is ‘deeply concerning’, but former NCSC head describes move as ‘perfectly sensible decision’
Contact tracing: ‘Not possible’ to know how many have enabled NHS Covid-19 app
Senior officials say they cannot ‘make a reliable and consistent calculation’
BEIS chief: ‘One of the upsides of the pandemic is that we have found new ways of communicating’
Permanent secretary Sarah Munby says that officials should not expect a ‘return to normal’
Government plans imminent legislation for digital visas
Legal provisions for new system of electronic travel authorisations will soon be tabled in parliament