NHS Covid Pass to be rolled out to 12- to 15 year-olds
Minister promises documentation will be available via digital and non-digital routes
How-to guide aims to open up billions of tech procurement opportunities for SMEs
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Common Platform: Courts workers back strike over problems with digital system
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A recent study finds that the pandemic has boosted budgets – but legacy tech remains a big barrier to progress
HMRC confirms new leader for £1bn Making Tax Digital scheme
Joanna Rowland will oversee planned expansion of programme across VAT, income tax and corporation tax
Huawei denies spying on Dutch PM
Leaked report suggests Chinese tech firm had access to calls made by large swathes of the population of the Netherlands
Nine in ten prescriptions now fulfilled electronically
Minister says paper options will remain available
Bradford to create ‘brick-for-brick virtual clone’ of city centre
Open-source project hopes to improve policy design and service delivery
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
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
NHS workers must be at the centre of technology reform
The health service’s IT infrastructure badly needs an update. But modernisation efforts must not focus solely on the technology, believes Matt Fetzer of Reform.
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
Ofcom lifts lid on plan to diversify 5G market
The SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre will be available to both existing and emerging 5G suppliers
Scottish Government appoints adviser to assist tech economy
Former Skyscanner senior exec Mark Logan will advise on how IT industry can help drive recovery
GOV.UK accounts system will ‘build on lessons of Verify’, minister says
Julia Lopez claims that identity assurance tool ‘continues to work well’
Scotland’s AI strategy stresses role of ethics and trust
Plan includes establishment of national AI alliance
Do we need regulation for the ‘internet of smells’?
Head of emerging tech at Ofcom discusses watchdog’s work to keep tabs on new products and services
Coronavirus Act review: Government ends extended storage of individuals’ biometric data ‘for national security purposes’
Assessment of emergency law also reveals successful use of tech in justice system and for registering deaths