Digital agency lays out plans for working with private companies and other departments over the next 18 months

Department is contacting businesses to encourage early enrolment ahead of use becoming mandatory in August

“This role is critical to our transformation as a department servicing around 20 million citizens each year,” according to the job advert.

EU citizens working in the NHS and higher education sectors can now apply for settled status in the UK – but those with an iPhone could face a long journey if they wish to do so

Union voices anger that Disclosure and Barring Service project will not be brought back in-house

In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’

The department has on multiple occasions been forced to deny that it might abandon the project as progress has stalled

Owen said she had been proud to lead the expansion of the department to take responsibility for policy areas including digital

House of Lords select committee says department is “not listening to small businesses”

Loughborough centre will join new Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham bases from next year

Watchdog says rapid timescale lacked “economic assessment of its implications”, ramping programme’s complexity and cost

Senior manager will develop data sharing tools and practices