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The UK government blazed a trail on digital innovation, but others are catching up fast and it would be all too easy to squander the advantage of earlier work

IFS says a job-matching scheme could provide staffing boost in priority areas like the NHS and supermarkets

Steven Dick worked as the deputy head of mission in Hungary

“The world quite literally has changed and I think you have to adapt,” Simon Fraser says.

MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of "ignorance and thoughtlessness" on race.

The Government Digital Service was created to be a radical agent of reform. Director general Alison Pritchard tells PublicTechnology that, while it now prefers to work more collaboratively, it still has the stomach for a scrap

Employers will not be required to report gender pay gaps for 2018-19, though the government Equalities Office will still offer support to any companies wishing to submit data

"There is still a lot more Brexit legislation to come – and in substance, at least, it could prove controversial"

Business and employee support schemes open for business this week

Downing Street strengthens messaging as Boris Johnson closes shops and tells people to stay at home

Online drive blamed for tens of thousands of potentially bogus requests, says National Audit Office

Critics say government is failing to provide clear guidance to public on social distancing as PM threatens lockdown

Current operators will run services under new ‘emergency measures agreements’

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

First refusals on eligibility grounds announced, but some applications were “under consideration for several months”

Cabinet Office and DfE reveal list of occupations where people will still be able to send their children to education settings

If a week is a long time in politics, the 36 months since the Cabinet Office launched its Government Transformation Strategy is a proper age. SA Mathieson unpacks progress to date and casts an eye toward the future

Home Office was slow to react to reports of injustice and ignored warning signs, Wendy Williams finds

Full details of new range of powers across five key areas

Economics professor will lead advisory group as it produces ‘shortage occupation list’ for post-Brexit immigration system

Action by four governments comes as “spike of the virus is increasing at a faster pace than anticipated”, according to English education secretary

Since its launch in 2017, the ONS Data Science Campus has delivered many innovative projects to support the government’s work in areas ranging from Brexit negotiations to the early stages of the coronavirus response. We talk to managing director Tom Smith to find out more

Ramping up testing now a priority for ‘data-driven’ strategy, chief scientist tells MPs