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The Department for Work and Pensions recorded almost £2bn in spending on digital and transformation activities in the 2025/36 year – representing a twofold increase on the prior-year investment. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/24/soc…

Lookback: As a large local council seeks a social worker to help drive transformation, a reminder of some of the challenges faced by the broader tech scene. Read ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2024/09/27/hea…

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is hunting for an experienced children’s social worker to lead on the digital transformation of its care services for young people – and offering a minimum £53,076 salary to the successful applicant. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/24/hea…

A shake-up of government recruitment will include a major review of the civil service’s graduate recruitment scheme and an examination of where more “interventions” are needed to improve innovation capabilities. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/24/edu…

The Department for Work and Pensions recorded almost £2bn in spending on digital and transformation activities in the 2025/36 year – representing a twofold increase on the prior-year investment. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/24/soc…

Lookback: As a large local council seeks a social worker to help drive transformation, a reminder of some of the challenges faced by the broader tech scene. Read ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2024/09/27/hea…

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is hunting for an experienced children’s social worker to lead on the digital transformation of its care services for young people – and offering a minimum £53,076 salary to the successful applicant. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/24/hea…

The Home Office expects to begin the rollout of facial age-estimation technology next year and has awarded a contract for the algorithm that will underpin its use, MPs have been told. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/pub…

The incumbent minister with responsibility for digital government has retained a role following new prime minister Andy Burnham’s reshuffle. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/gov…

Lookback: As GDS prepares for another period of change and upheaval, a reminder that the people and managerial structures supporting its work were only recently remodelled. Read ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2025/12/01/edu…

Prime minister Andy Burnham’s new administration has sought to explain its Whitehall shakeup scrapping the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and redistributing digital services to other parts of government. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/cul…

The incumbent minister with responsibility for digital government has retained a role following new prime minister Andy Burnham’s reshuffle. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/gov…

Lookback: As GDS prepares for another period of change and upheaval, a reminder that the people and managerial structures supporting its work were only recently remodelled. Read ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2025/12/01/edu…

Blending PRINCE2® with agile principles can empower public sector organisations to deliver secure, high-quality digital solutions efficiently. Read more from Jackie Hewett of @QA_Ltd: publictechnology.net/2026/06/29/par… #PartnerContent

Prime minister Andy Burnham’s new administration has sought to explain its Whitehall shakeup scrapping the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and redistributing digital services to other parts of government. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/cul…

The Home Office expects to begin the rollout of facial age-estimation technology next year and has awarded a contract for the algorithm that will underpin its use, MPs have been told. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/23/pub…

Researchers from academia and the health service have developed an artificial intelligence-powered method for accurately predicting lung cancer without the need for slower, more expensive lab techniques. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/22/hea…

The government spent almost £1.6m on promoting public consultation for the proposed national digital identity – which has now been scrapped by the new prime minister Andy Burnham. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/22/sci…

Lookback: As government's digital core prepares for another overhaul and change of scenery, a reminder of what its last revamp in 2024 entailed. Read ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2025/01/24/gov…

The Government Digital Service is to become part of an enlarged Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – barely a year after completing the months-long process of its previous relocation. Story ⬇️ publictechnology.net/2026/07/21/edu…