Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand
03 Sep Digital, Data & Technology

Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand

Hayes reflects on transformation, choices and challenges at HMLR as he departs after six years in post to become chief exec at Sports England
by Jess Bowie
Cross-government AI trial finds daily 56-minute time-saving per official
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Cross-government AI trial finds daily 56-minute time-saving per official
Copilot: DBT trial finds time savings but no productivity improvement
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Copilot: DBT trial finds time savings but no productivity improvement
DSIT staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
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DSIT staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
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Fast Stream adds cybersecurity track in scheme shakeup
Risk management stream also added to the grad scheme for 2025
The road to net zero is paved with high-quality data
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HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
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HMRC seeks chief people officer to lead 'ambitious workforce transformation'
CPO will look at how to improve staff engagement after a drop off seen in the Civil Service People Survey
Number of devices and documents lost by MoD staff climbs
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Number of devices and documents lost by MoD staff climbs
“Inadequately protected” equipment, devices or documents were mislaid on 72 occasions last year
Banks share data with NCA to tackle organised crime
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Banks share data with NCA to tackle organised crime
Data from the scheme - believed to be the largest of its kind in the world - has helped identify eight new criminal networks for further investigation
'We help keep the skies safe': Looking back on 170 years of the Met Office
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Today's Met Office has capabilities Admiral Fitzroy could never have imagined when he proposed the concept of a Meteorological Department in 1854
'You have to use the technology yourself': How to build AI-ready governments and teams
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'You have to use the technology yourself': How to build AI-ready governments and teams
Leaders should support their teams to take smart, judicious risks and try out new technologies themselves
EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
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EU brief moves to Cabinet Office amid MOG changes
Cabinet Office takes on two new responsibilities, while several bodies leave the department
Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
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Post Office scandal: Civil servants misled me over Horizon, ex-minister says
Lucy Neville-Rolfe says she "lost confidence in the quality of Shareholder Executive's advice"
Digital bodies move from Cabinet Office to DSIT in Labour’s first big MOG change
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Digital bodies move from Cabinet Office to DSIT in Labour’s first big MOG change
GDS, CDDO and AI unit all moving to innovation and technology department
Stronger legislation and data needed boost social value in public procurement, report says
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Stronger legislation and data needed boost social value in public procurement, report says
Demos calls for "Making Public Spending Digital" programme to digitise public sector procurement data
Blair pushes potential for AI to reduce public sector workforce costs
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Blair pushes potential for AI to reduce public sector workforce costs
But move would cost 1.15m jobs over the course of two parliaments, paper reveals
Security guards and cleaners at DESNZ and DSIT consider strike action over ‘chronic low pay’
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Security guards and cleaners at DESNZ and DSIT consider strike action over ‘chronic low pay’
Union says it will "keenly watch" how Labour's commitment to "biggest wave of insourcing in a generation" unfolds should it win the election
CDDO seeks workforce strategy head to 'turbocharge' digital recruitment
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CDDO seeks workforce strategy head to 'turbocharge' digital recruitment
Appointee will “lead and deliver the development of a strategic workforce plan” for digital and data profession
Data watchdog reviews overhauled approach to public sector
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Data watchdog reviews overhauled approach to public sector
Information Commissioner’s Office is assessing its "revised approach", which aims to reduce fines for public bodies
Progress on levelling up 'glacial', think tank says
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Progress on levelling up 'glacial', think tank says
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MoD recruits consultancy firm to accelerate use of AI and automation
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MoD recruits consultancy firm to accelerate use of AI and automation
Deal worth £9m will "build upon the existing automation and digitalisation capabilities across defence", contract says
Home Office replacement for 'defective' IT system delayed again
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Home Office replacement for 'defective' IT system delayed again
Concerns raised that government has not learned lessons from Windrush scandal
'Current systems are deficient': HMRC warned over 'digital-by-default' approach
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'Current systems are deficient': HMRC warned over 'digital-by-default' approach
Industry bodies say there is a "gap" between the availability of online tools and HMRC's perceptions of what taxpayers can actually do
HMRC apologises for child benefit payment error
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HMRC apologises for child benefit payment error
Processing error that delayed child benefit payments for 500,000 people now fixed, department says
New government digital strategy chief sets out her stall
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New government digital strategy chief sets out her stall
CDDO chief strategy officer Gina Gill names data sharing and system reform as her priorities
Public site for government evaluations delayed due to resourcing issues
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Public site for government evaluations delayed due to resourcing issues
Registry developed after watchdog MPs raised concerns over use and transparency of evaluations across government
Power failure at Defra data centre caused ‘no significant border delays’, minister says
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Power failure at Defra data centre caused ‘no significant border delays’, minister says
Outage of key government service for sharing data between agencies operating at UK border lasted four days
MPs urge reform to boost cross-departmental data sharing
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MPs urge reform to boost cross-departmental data sharing
Treasury urged to incentivise progress as current Cabinet Office initiatives are dubbed "self-evidently insufficient"