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Calamitous Concentrix cost HMRC £38m, Treasury documents reveal
Mistakes of IT and BPO outfit cost department millions of pounds, it has emerged
South Yorkshire Police invests £55,000 in social media monitoring technology
Force agrees two-year licensing deal for Cosain ‘listening platform’
Which UK councils are leading the ‘urbantech’ revolution?
Local authorities must invest in AI and smart technology to overcome a multibillion-pound funding gap, a new report claims. Which cities and regions are ahead of the pack?
West Midlands seeks start-ups to solve four key public-service challenges
Authority launches competition offering small tech firms £10,000 cash and three-month pilot project with access to data and mayoral feedback
Fast-track scheme for ‘breakthrough’ technology could speed up NHS adoption by four years
Government puts £86m funding into programme to accelerate health-service adoption of innovative medicines and tech
MoJ talks up potential blockchain benefits for criminal-justice system
Department suggest DLT could have a crucial role in securing and verifying the evidence of the future
Government reinforces commitment to ‘full-fibre future’ for UK broadband
Digital minister Matt Hancock says existing copper-to-the-home infrastructure is ‘not fit for the future’
Welsh Government launches ‘innovation directory’ resource for policymakers
Arloesiadur website will open up a range of data sets to help civil servants design economic policy
Pepper the robot joins Southend’s social care team
Essex town to deploy humanoid robot to help deliver services
All prison officers in England and Wales to get body-worn cameras
Government spends £2m on equipping 5,600 staff with technology designed to improve safety
Government invests £51m in driverless car schemes
Projects to build testing facilities across the UK receive chunks of £100m funding pot
MoD and Home Office put £1.6m into robot and drone projects for hazardous environments
Four UK tech SMEs have received backing for technologies designed to safely assess the potential presence of dangerous matter
Major report urges government to create dedicated AI programme for public sector
A government-commissioned study makes 18 recommendations, including asking GDS to help create a scheme to boost public sector use of artificial intelligence
HMRC takes over 75 ‘scam’ websites in brand-abuse crackdown
Department claims to have prevented more than one million visits to misleading sites so far this year
London CCGs urged to embrace NHS digital data-sharing scheme ‘even if all you can do is create a PDF’
London Health and Care Information Exchange is also developing offer online accounts for patients
Digital included in first wave of T level courses
New technical qualification to be taught from 2020 will be ‘as rigorous and respected as A levels’, education secretary pledges
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to trial wireless environment sensors in intensive care units
Sensors can monitor room temperature and carbon monoxide concentrations
NHS Spine is a better option for data-sharing than local care records
Tas Hind of Essentia argues that STPs have a ready-made system in place for sharing patient data with bodies across the NHS and its public-sector partners
No paper tickets needed by 2019 – government spends £80m on smart railways
Digital travelcards and mobile barcodes set for widespread introduction
Government offers social networks ‘groundbreaking’ software to combat child abuse
Home Office invests £600,000 in digital-fingerprint plug-in
Government needs a more commercial mindset on customer service
Gavin Mee of Salesforce argues that government needs to think more like the private sector in its approach to service delivery