Digital, Data & Technology

Select committee chair accuses senior civil servants running reform of being in ‘La La Land’ as report says changes may never have intended benefits

Move follows the earlier transfer of data policymakers

Women and Equalities Committee calls for urgent action to improve data collection across government

Team that delivered the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will continue to exist to support Theresa May as chair in office

Government looks to create up to 50 different tests for candidates

Supply-teaching and facilities-management frameworks will be among first to be hosted on new web store, as procurement agency also looks to refresh underlying e-sourcing technology

Department insists ‘no decisions have been made’ on extending current arrangements

Former Cabinet Office minister claims there are ‘worrying signs’ progress has slipped

HMRC seeks to appoint ‘ID issuer’ to comply with EU legislation and tackle £2bn annual tax gap caused by illicit tobacco trade 

Select committee report calls for algorithms to be added to a ministerial brief, and urges departments to publicly declare where and how they use them

Cabinet Office advertises for replacement for Campbell McCafferty, who has held the role since it was created in 2016

NAO criticises failure of both parties to recognise complexity of contract to simultaneously run and cut primary care support services