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WiredGov Plus provides a weekly roundup of news from the UK Government and Public Sector. To save your time, we research & validate the links to websites / documents and selectively add additional background links as appropriate.

Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Towards a British Approach to Cyber Campaigning

UK to lead multinational cyber defence exercise from Singapore.

Webinar: Digital Inclusion Through Organisational Change

New computing curriculum will teach AI awareness and digital literacy

NS&I exposes taxpayer to unacceptable risk with troubled digital modernisation scheme

Counting connection: Why digital access must be measured in Census 2031

Prototyping digital technology for collaboration and exploration

Update on the procurement for Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) Pilot

 
 Maximise your budget. Minimise your footprint.

Maximise your budget. Minimise your footprint. 

Public sector bodies are under intense pressure to reduce their organisations’ environmental impact. 

As we head toward the end of the public‑sector financial year in March, a lot of our conversations with partners have been around the same theme: customers still have budget to deploy, but they need solutions that are sustainable, trusted, and easy to implement quickly.

With thousands of new computer peripherals purchased across the public sector each year, replacing 1,000 keyboard and mouse sets with the Kensington EQ range would save 326 kg of recycled plastic, equivalent to over 15 years of household plastic recycling.

Designed to lower environmental impact by saving tonnes of plastic from landfills makes the EQ range a more sustainable choice for procurement managers. Public sector pricing is now available across a suite of products designed to ensure a safer, healthier, and more productive environment.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Kensington EQ

 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

Targeted financial support for aspiring social workers

Aspiring Leaders achieves ILM recognition

NHS waiting list lowest in almost 3 years as NHS battled busiest winter on record

Welsh public backs stronger support for women's health and well-being after pregnancy

Faster, fairer access to HealthTech under new national programme

Funding boost for young people’s mental health services

Children to be better protected from second-hand smoking & vaping

Nurses to benefit from boost to graduate pay and job progression
 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Retaining top business talent

150 countries approve a new blueprint for business action on nature

Adam Smith Inst - Employment Rights Act trade union access will cost UK businesses over £1 billion

Small businesses facing pressures comparable to the pandemic, Business and Trade Committee finds

The CBI and BAB announce partnership to enhance UK-US trade and investment

The Gambia's WTO Trade Policy Review: UK Statement – February 2026

Funding stability for more third sector organisations
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Trump’s critical minerals commitment problem

Sexual predator’s sentence extended after Solicitor General intervenes

APM Sustainability IN podcast series, Sustainability Fatigue: How We Keep Momentum in 2026, interview with Matteo Deida

Update on Menai Suspension Bridge

New tram-trains will revolutionise transport in south Wales

Ofsted launches new QR code badges for promoting inspection findings

 
SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

Click here to find out more.

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