Scotland supports SMEs’ use of tech in economic stimulus plan
Scottish Government will also provide funding for retraining
Widespread Whitehall homeworking to continue
Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited...
Government defends Test and Trace as councils look to own measures
Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme
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Tech ministers returned with increased majorities
Simon Hart, Oliver Dowden, and Matt Warman all regain their seats and win more votes than in 2017
Guernsey doctors to offer digital medical certificates
Patients will be able to present electronic forms to employers and government agencies
DfT lays groundwork for interactive mapping platform for transport data
Department seeks to decide which data should be included in tool or whether buying or building is the best option
Election 2019: Which party has most to say on digital, data and technology?
Examining the language of each party’s manifesto reveals significant differences in the amount and focus of proposals related to technology and data policy – as well as in the wider themes of each document
Conservative manifesto: five tech takeaways
Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cyber force and tax incentives for investing in cloud computing
Largest NHS trust preps £10m deal to modernise virtual desktops
Barts Health to launch procurement for supplier to host and maintain VDI environment
Could AR/VR augment the public sector?
Government has only dabbled with augmented and virtual reality so far, but the technology has a range of potential use cases, according to Jeremy Dalton of Immerse UK and PwC
EXCL: HMRC ‘monitoring exposure’ to Windows 7 as end-of-support looms
Department reveals it has almost 1,800 PCs still running on ageing operating system
Council collaboration catches on
Georgina Maratheftis of techUK runs through a busy and productive month of partnerships for the local authority digital and technology sector
Defence secretary: ‘Hybrid warfare is our new reality’
Ben Wallace uses speech at NATO summit to stress importance of emerging technology
Conservatives propose online ‘travel authorisation’ for EU citizens
Tories reveal plan for US-style electronic visa waiver once the UK leaves the European Union
Powys gets £1m backing for digital transformation
County council gets Welsh Government funding to implement tech
UK Statistics Authority issues warning on ‘unclear’ schools spending election claims
Watchdog claims figures quotes by two main parties could offer inaccurate picture
Facebook upholds BBC complaint over Tory election ad
Video that incorporated footage of high-profile journalists is taken down
UK commits to European Space Agency with £1.9bn funding
Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes
Labour plans Trainline-style online ticket shop for rail journeys
Party proposes government-run ‘one-stop shop’ for all train trips
How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day?
Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally
Manchester calls Uber in for talks
Following TfL’s decision to uphold revoked licence, authority is reported to be considering whether taxi app should continue to operate in the city
MoD hunts for head of profession for military and civilian techies
Postholder will provide a ‘focal point’ for IT, cyber and digital workers
Citizens Advice warns telecoms firms on vulnerability of rural citizens
Scottish body urges broadband providers to offer increased support to those in rural areas
Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways
The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies