Cyber criminals are sharing tutorials on how to score quick cash through a Universal Credit (UC) scam they say is eas…
Ministers urge councils to speed up building of 5G infrastructure
Ministers have written to local authorities asking that they help speed up the rollout of gigabit broadband and 5G mo…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (24/08/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partners…
UK renews search for ‘government chief digital officer’ as Fiona Deans takes reins at GDS
The government is renewing its search for a chief digital officer to work across Whitehall after two previous recruit…
ICO challenged by MPs over failure on ‘unlawful’ Test and Trace programme
A cross-party group of more than 20 MPs have banded together to challenge the UK’s data watchdog over its failu…
Privacy group warns of Home Office ‘mega-database’ on the horizon
A new ‘mega-database’ for law enforcement could have calamitous consequences for civil liberties if not s…
Ofqual advisor: Prioritising grade inflation was a political decision
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has attempted to deflect responsibility from the government amid the chaos of th…
Met Police will continue to use facial recognition tech despite ‘unlawful’ ruling in Wales
The Met Police has communicated – via a quietly appended paragraph on its website – its intention to continue using f…
Covid-19 contact tracing to be taken over by new public health body
Boris Johnson’s government has announced it is scrapping Public Health England and replacing it with an entirel…
A-level results algorithm could be unlawful, experts say
The A-level results algorithm that downgraded almost 40 per cent of students’ predicted grades could be challen…