In an interview with ex-Cabinet Office Minister, Lord Francis Maude, it’s his eloquent silence on the digital government agenda that’s most interesting. If you have followed the progression of the ...

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is “becoming sidelined” and its government-as-a-platform (GaaP) programme is “dead”, according to former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who set up GDS in ...

With just over three months to go until the UK General Election, one thing is certain - there will be new person in charge of driving reform through public sector IT as Minister for the Cabinet Office ...

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has denied falling out with Iain Duncan Smith over the government's flagship universal credit scheme. According to the The Guardian, friction between the two men ...

Football’s independent regulator should be subject to a “sunset clause” allowing legislators the option to change or even scrap it after five years if it is not working, a Conservative peer has said.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Francis Maude is the U.K. government minister responsible for the government's digitization strategy. He is behind the award-winning Government Digital Service. Mr. Maude spoke to The Wall Street ...

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of open data to the UK economy, why not all public sector datasets may become entirely free, and proposals to scale ...

A Government minister who suggested filling up jerry cans with fuel because of a threatened tanker drivers' strike has faced growing calls to resign after a woman was severely burned while ...

A COALITION source has accused Labour of political point scoring after it called for Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude to resign. The Government is conveniently overlooking the damage that Mr ...