UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill makes Parliamentary debut
Various touch-ups added as MPs seek greater resilience to attacks on critical sectors
Security12 Nov 2025 | 15
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UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law
Security11 Nov 2025 | 73
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn
Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services
Science06 Nov 2025 | 31
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 125
England's local government shake-up promises to be a massive tech headache
Surrey to be divided into two new councils in first phase of countrywide reorg
Public Sector31 Oct 2025 | 38
UK government on the lookout for bargain-priced CTO
Dangles £100K for someone to fix £23B tech mess
Public Sector29 Oct 2025 | 58
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UK government inflates G-Cloud framework to £14B
Procurement delays and lock-in fears see framework balloon in size and scope
Public Sector28 Oct 2025 | 10
MPs urge government to stop Britain's phone theft wave through tech
Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act
Personal Tech25 Oct 2025 | 174
Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers
Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash
Public Sector24 Oct 2025 | 127
Britain's Ministry of Justice just signed up to ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI sweetens the deal with data residency
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 25
UK rethinks offshoring ban for £8M online procurement system
Cabinet Office signals it might let supplier ship work abroad after 'unforeseeable' event
Public Sector20 Oct 2025 | 33
UK calls up Armed Forces veterans for digital ID soft launch
Once more into the, er, breach?
Public Sector20 Oct 2025 | 154
UK government's £45B AI savings pitch built on broad-brush guesswork, MPs told
Think tank cautions that without job cuts or capital savings, the math doesn't add up
Public Sector15 Oct 2025 | 40
Britain's biggest nuclear site looks set to outlast SAP support again
Sellafield considers using legacy ECC software beyond extended 2030 cut-off
Applications13 Oct 2025 | 9
UK waves £750M supercomputer contract at HPC builders
Pre-market charm offensive begins for Edinburgh's next national number-cruncher
Supercomputing Month13 Oct 2025 | 7
UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract
Department also wedded to Big Red in shared service applications
Public Sector08 Oct 2025 | 7
Britain eyes satellite laser warning system and carrier-launched jet drones
Space sensors and UAVs at sea top MoD's list in new wave of cutting-edge projects
Edge + IoT07 Oct 2025 | 9
UK Home Office opens wallet for £60M automated number plate project
Department eyes new app to tap national ANPR data for live alerts, searches, and integrations
Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 46
UK government says digital ID won't be compulsory – honest
Even spy-tech biz Palantir says 'steady on' as 2.76M Brits demand it be ditched
Public Sector03 Oct 2025 | 139
How the ONS data-sharing dream ended in budget cuts and three rival platforms
Analysis UK Treasury called time on troubled integration scheme after £240M sunk
Public Sector03 Oct 2025 | 7
'Money-saving' UK procurement platform racks up monster tab
Updated Projected £1.5M running costs balloon to £12M under new contracts
Public Sector30 Sep 2025 | 11
UK minister suggests government could ditch 'dangerous' Elon Musk's X
Ed Miliband takes aim at social media overlord for promoting violence and disinformation
Public Sector29 Sep 2025 | 67
Jaguar Land Rover gets £1.5B government jump-start after cyber breakdown
Hundreds of thousands of workers in financial despair supported with landmark loan
Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 31
UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029
Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash
Public Sector26 Sep 2025 | 311
UK agency makes arrest in airport cyberattack investigation
After air passenger travel hit across the Atlantic, organized crime agency strikes
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 22
Politicos: 'There is a good strong case for government intervention' on JLR cyberattack
Covid-style financial support? Nothing to confirm yet, say MPs
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 23
UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise
Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads
Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 88
Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact
Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investment
Public Sector20 Sep 2025 | 70
Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators
Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views
Legal19 Sep 2025 | 60
Whitehall lobs £40M at 'critical' phase of police DB reboot
Officials say there's no time to switch suppliers if they want the PNC off life support before March 2026
Public Sector17 Sep 2025 | 12
UK Cabinet Office hands stalled Microsoft migration to another department
Updated Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment
SaaS17 Sep 2025 | 18
Home Office delays £816M English test contract despite market engagement
Government wants to assess would-be immigrants' language skills remotely
Public Sector10 Sep 2025 | 21
UK Home Office dangles £1.3M prize for algorithm that guesses your age
Contract tender follows 'alarming' safeguarding failure at border with undocumented kids
Software09 Sep 2025 | 78
UK toughens Online Safety Act with ban on self-harm content
Charities welcome change, but critics warn the law is already too broad
Security09 Sep 2025 | 55
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle
Fallout from latest political drama sparks a changing of the guard
Public Sector08 Sep 2025 | 92
So much for the paperless office: UK government inks £900M deal for printers etc.
Four-year framework hands Canon and pals a license to print money
Personal Tech08 Sep 2025 | 36
Fujitsu under fire for bidding on UK public sector deals despite Horizon scandal vow
Millions continued to flow after Japanese supplier said it would step back
Public Sector05 Sep 2025 | 25
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government
ARIA spent £16.5M, has £600M in the tank, and no one asked for it back
Science04 Sep 2025 | 6
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
Public Sector04 Sep 2025 | 116
UK Home Office hikes tech consultant spend to £350M despite pledge to cut costs
Warnings of internal skills shortages fail to quell appetite for hand-holding
Public Sector03 Sep 2025 | 20
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Brit limb books just £188M in revenue – down 85% since 2019
Networks02 Sep 2025 | 31
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector
Register debate series As government says £9B could end up in Redmond, poll says it's time for new thinking
Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 86
Norway's £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships
BAE's sub hunter production line warms up – shame it's not for Britain
Offbeat01 Sep 2025 | 155
UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout
Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further
CSO29 Aug 2025 | 25
Space industry frets as UKSA set for bureaucratic re-entry
Government says move will cut red tape, but startups fear sector could be sidelined
Science20 Aug 2025 | 12
UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy
Virtual agents to guide citizens through red tape – but not remove any of it
AI + ML18 Aug 2025 | 24
The £9 billion question: To Microsoft or not to Microsoft?
Register debate series Are UK taxpayers getting real value from SPA24 — or just high cost convenience?
Public Sector14 Aug 2025 | 60
Microsoft wares may be UK public sector's only viable option
Register debate series For now at least, even though government buying can improve, open source is not all it's cracked up to be
Public Sector13 Aug 2025 | 82
Defra doubles contract value for cloud and DC services
Legacy tech for nation's farmers must migrate ... contract swells to £245M
Cloud Infrastructure Month12 Aug 2025 | 6
Wikimedia Foundation loses first court battle to swerve Online Safety Act regulation
But it can contest if it lands up in 'Category 1,' and the move hurts operations, says judge
Security11 Aug 2025 | 54
Prohibition never works, but that didn't stop the UK's Online Safety Act
Opinion Will someone think of the deals politicians are making?
Security08 Aug 2025 | 150
Faced with £40B budget hole, UK public sector commits £9B to Microsoft
Government plans £1.9B annual spending during five-year MoU
Public Sector07 Aug 2025 | 61
UK buys time with £1.65B extension to G-Cloud framework
Replacement deal not ready, so old one gets 6 more months and budget bump
Public Sector29 Jul 2025 | 9
UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations
'We're going to smash the business model' NHS, councils, and schools told
Cyber-crime22 Jul 2025 | 31
Fujitsu sorry for Post Office horror – but still cashing big UK govt checks
Updated Non-competitive £220M datacenter deal with tax collector tops £510M pile of public money
Public Sector17 Jul 2025 | 47
UK tech minister negotiated nothing with Google. He may get even less than that
Comment Peter Kyle promised alternative to 'ball and chain' of legacy systems, but he has no plan and little power
Public Sector16 Jul 2025 | 39
UK's NCA disputes claim it's nearly three times less efficient than the FBI
Report on serious organized crime fails to account for differences, agency says
Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 27
UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs
Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal
Cyber-crime11 Jul 2025 | 84
Google Cloud lands gig to make 100,000 UK civil servants tech-literate
But Chocolate Factory love-in sorely lacks detail
Public Sector09 Jul 2025 | 19
UK eyes new laws as cable sabotage blurs line between war and peace
It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885
Networks02 Jul 2025 | 83
UK to buy nuclear-capable F-35As that can't be refueled from RAF tankers
Aircraft meant to bolster NATO deterrent will rely on allied support to stay airborne
Security26 Jun 2025 | 277
Brit politicians question Fujitsu's continued role in public sector contracts
Updated Despite Horizon scandal promises to end bidding, bids keep popping up
Public Sector25 Jun 2025 | 23
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