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DSIT Seeks  £174k AI and Emerging Tech Leader
News•Mar 2, 2026

DSIT Seeks  £174k AI and Emerging Tech Leader

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is hiring a Director General to lead emerging technology and artificial intelligence, offering a salary of up to £174,000. The role will shape the UK’s strategy, investment and regulation across AI, quantum computing, robotics, synthetic biology and advanced materials. It will manage a multidisciplinary team of about 500 staff and coordinate policy, risk and security considerations. Applications close on 22 March, with the position based in London, Manchester or Darlington.

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DSIT Signs £4.5m Deal to Access ‘Niche or Emergent’ AI Suppliers
News•Feb 27, 2026

DSIT Signs £4.5m Deal to Access ‘Niche or Emergent’ AI Suppliers

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has signed a one‑year, £4.5 million contract with Capgemini to act as its AI services delivery partner. The deal will give the AI Security Institute and other DSIT teams access to research,...

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HMRC Making Tax Digital: Government to Monitor Impact on Childminders as Ministers Acknowledge ‘Strength of Feeling’
News•Feb 27, 2026

HMRC Making Tax Digital: Government to Monitor Impact on Childminders as Ministers Acknowledge ‘Strength of Feeling’

The UK government is extending the Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme to home‑based childminders, eliminating the flat‑rate wear‑and‑tear allowance and requiring itemised expense claims. Ministers have pledged to monitor the impact, noting that only childminders earning over £50,000 will be...

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City of London Hunts for Partner to Help Transform While ‘Honouring 1,000 Years of History’
News•Feb 26, 2026

City of London Hunts for Partner to Help Transform While ‘Honouring 1,000 Years of History’

The City of London Corporation has issued a £2.4 million preliminary market engagement to secure a strategic partner that will advise on its long‑term transformation. The programme aims to make the Square Mile authority “digitally enabled by design”, financially sustainable and...

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NHS Awards Third Digital Deal for £150m Suite of Online Vaccination Services
News•Feb 25, 2026

NHS Awards Third Digital Deal for £150m Suite of Online Vaccination Services

NHS England has signed a three‑year, £33.6 million contract with London‑based TPXimpact to deliver digital services for maternity and child vaccinations. This agreement is the third digital‑prevention deal signed in the last six months, bringing the total spend on such services...

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DWP Offers up to £136k for Digital Delivery Director to Help Transform UC and More
News•Feb 25, 2026

DWP Offers up to £136k for Digital Delivery Director to Help Transform UC and More

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hiring a senior director for its Digital and Transformation Group, offering a salary of up to £136,000. The role will steer the digital delivery of working‑age services, including Universal Credit, the jobs...

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National Crime Agency Calls for ‘Whole-System Approach’ to Tech-Enabled Abuse
News•Feb 25, 2026

National Crime Agency Calls for ‘Whole-System Approach’ to Tech-Enabled Abuse

The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that generative AI image tools and end‑to‑end encryption are expanding opportunities for child sexual abuse online. It urges regulators, particularly Ofcom, to wield powers under the Online Safety Act to hold tech platforms...

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Government Looks to Clamp Down on Email Attachments Through ‘Cultural Change, Guidance and Technological Solutions’
News•Feb 24, 2026

Government Looks to Clamp Down on Email Attachments Through ‘Cultural Change, Guidance and Technological Solutions’

The UK government’s Digital Service and Innovation Team (DSIT) is moving to curb the use of email attachments by civil servants, urging a shift to cloud‑based file sharing. Ministers highlighted that attachments increase human error and data‑loss risk, and new...

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Government Digital and Data Profession Unpacks New ‘Evaluator’ Role
News•Feb 24, 2026

Government Digital and Data Profession Unpacks New ‘Evaluator’ Role

The Government Digital and Data Profession has introduced a dedicated “digital evaluator” role within its capability framework to embed evaluation directly into agile digital projects. The initiative follows a Treasury‑led review that highlighted shortcomings in how digital programmes are funded,...

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DfE Seeks Partner for Development of AI-Powered Tutoring Tools for Disadvantaged Students
News•Feb 23, 2026

DfE Seeks Partner for Development of AI-Powered Tutoring Tools for Disadvantaged Students

The UK Department for Education (DfE) is issuing a £1.8 million contract to develop AI‑powered tutoring tools aimed at disadvantaged pupils. The procurement, expected to be awarded by May, will run for nearly three years with a possible one‑year extension. Up...

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Environment Agency Plans Drone-Fleet Upgrade to Combat Waste Crime
News•Feb 20, 2026

Environment Agency Plans Drone-Fleet Upgrade to Combat Waste Crime

The Environment Agency (EA) is boosting its waste‑crime enforcement with a £5 million budget increase, expanding its fleet of 33 drones and fitting several with lidar laser‑mapping technology. Since July last year the agency logged 272 drone flight hours, using the...

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DSIT Examines How ‘AI Voice Tech Could Significantly Improve Citizen’s Experience’
News•Feb 20, 2026

DSIT Examines How ‘AI Voice Tech Could Significantly Improve Citizen’s Experience’

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has launched an early‑stage market engagement to explore generative AI voice technology for government call centres, branding the initiative as a potential "GOV Voice" platform. The department seeks suppliers who can demonstrate...

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Asylum: Courts Service and Home Office Hope to Join up Disconnected Data Systems by Spring
News•Feb 19, 2026

Asylum: Courts Service and Home Office Hope to Join up Disconnected Data Systems by Spring

Senior officials from the Home Office and Ministry of Justice told MPs that the new Atlas immigration case‑working platform is now live and that work to link it with justice‑system databases will be completed by spring. The current data silos...

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Government Explores Unified ID and Verification System for Businesses
News•Feb 18, 2026

Government Explores Unified ID and Verification System for Businesses

The UK Department for Business and Trade has signed a 10‑week, £300,000 contract with Deloitte to explore a unified digital business ID that would provide a single login and a cross‑government business entity directory. The discovery phase will assess existing...

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GDS Public Sector Monitoring ‘Finding and Fixing over 100 Critical Vulnerabilities a Month’
News•Feb 18, 2026

GDS Public Sector Monitoring ‘Finding and Fixing over 100 Critical Vulnerabilities a Month’

The Government Digital Service’s Vulnerability Monitoring Service (VMS), launched in summer 2024, now has over 700 public‑sector organisations signed up and is detecting more than 100 critical vulnerabilities each month. Offered free through the National Cyber Security Centre, the service...

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