What This Is
The DPA Policy Intelligence Hub is a strategic intelligence platform for UK digital policy. We aggregate, classify, and track official government publications, parliamentary proceedings, regulatory updates, EU cross-references, and expert analysis from over 16 trusted sources into a single platform designed for daily use by senior digital policy professionals.
More than a feed aggregator, the platform provides historical search, change detection, legislative journey tracking, personalised filtering, calendar exports, and a weekly email digest — transforming scattered information into actionable intelligence.
"Not just what happened today — why it matters, what changed, and what comes next."
— Digital Policy Alliance Research TeamOur Principles
Three principles guide everything we do:
Quality
We only aggregate from authoritative, credible sources. No speculation, no clickbait, no unverified claims.
Provenance
Every item links directly to its original source. You can always verify and explore further.
Real-Time
Server-side aggregation runs every 30 minutes. Items are stored, indexed, and searchable within minutes of publication.
Platform Features
Real-Time Policy Feed
Live aggregation from 16+ sources with automatic domain classification across 7 policy areas. Priority scoring surfaces what matters most.
"New Since Last Visit"
Instantly see what's changed since you were last here. NEW badges and a one-click toggle transform browsing into efficient scanning.
Domain Preferences
Set your policy interests and see matching items highlighted and prioritised. An NCSC analyst and an ICO investigator see different emphasis.
Bill Journey Tracker
Visual progress tracker for every digital bill through Parliament: First Reading to Royal Assent. See at a glance where legislation stands.
Full-Text Search Archive
Search across the entire historical archive. Find everything about "age verification" from the past year with faceted filtering by domain, type, and date.
Policy Calendar & iCal Export
All regulatory deadlines, consultation closing dates, and parliamentary meetings in one calendar. Download as .ics file for Outlook or Google Calendar with automatic reminders.
Change Detection
Automated tracking of bill stage changes, consultation status updates, and policy shifts. Catches what publication-date feeds miss.
Domain Deep Pages
Dedicated feeds for each policy domain — AI, Data Protection, Online Safety, and more — with domain-specific bills, consultations, deadlines, and key bodies.
EU Regulatory Cross-Reference
Track EU digital regulation alongside UK equivalents. EU AI Act vs UK pro-innovation approach, GDPR vs UK reforms, DSA vs Online Safety Act — with divergence analysis.
Weekly Digest
Monday morning email with the top 5 developments, closing consultations, bill changes, upcoming deadlines, and editorial commentary from the DPA Research Director.
How It Works
Server-Side Aggregation
A scheduled job runs every 30 minutes, fetching all sources and storing items in a persistent database. This provides near-instant page loads, historical archiving, full-text search, and change detection — capabilities impossible with client-side-only fetching. When a new publication appears on Gov.uk, a bill progresses through Parliament, or an EU regulation is updated, it's captured and classified automatically.
Dynamic Priority Selection
The top three priority items on the homepage are selected automatically using a scoring algorithm that considers urgency, recency, source authority, item type, and deadline proximity. Items with approaching deadlines, recent high-authority publications, and urgent consultations are prioritised to ensure you see what matters most right now.
Change Detection
Each time sources are fetched, the system compares new data against stored records. When a bill's stage changes, a consultation's status updates, or a document title is revised, the change is logged and surfaced prominently on the dashboard and in the weekly digest.
Domain Classification
All content is automatically classified into seven policy domains — AI Governance, Digital Identity, Online Safety, Data Protection, Digital Competition, Cyber Security, and Digital Skills — using keyword analysis. EU items are additionally tagged with an "EU" badge and cross-referenced against their UK regulatory equivalents.
Calendar Integration
The Policy Calendar aggregates deadlines from a managed database (maintained via the admin interface), consultation closing dates, and parliamentary sessions. Deadlines can be exported as iCalendar (.ics) files with automatic reminders at 14 days and 3 days before each date.
Our Sources
We aggregate from sixteen authoritative sources across UK government, Parliament, regulators, research institutions, and EU bodies:
| Source | Type | What They Provide |
|---|---|---|
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Gov.uk gov.uk |
Government | Official publications, guidance, consultations, and announcements from DSIT, Ofcom, ICO, CMA, and NCSC |
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UK Parliament bills.parliament.uk |
Parliament | Bills progressing through Parliament with stage tracking, amendments, and legislative timelines |
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Hansard hansard.parliament.uk |
Parliament | Official record of parliamentary debates, questions, and statements on digital policy topics |
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Select Committees committees.parliament.uk |
Parliament | Reports from the SIT Committee, CMS Committee, and other committees examining digital policy |
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National Audit Office nao.org.uk |
Government | Independent audit reports on government digital transformation and IT delivery |
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House of Commons Library commonslibrary.parliament.uk |
Parliament | Authoritative, non-partisan research briefings prepared for MPs on legislation and policy |
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Ada Lovelace Institute adalovelaceinstitute.org |
Research | Independent research on AI, data, and their impact on society |
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Alan Turing Institute turing.ac.uk |
Research | The UK's national institute for data science and AI research and policy engagement |
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Institute for Government instituteforgovernment.org.uk |
Think Tank | Independent analysis of how government works, including digital transformation |
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techUK techuk.org |
Industry | UK technology trade association perspectives on regulation and policy |
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Information Commissioner's Office ico.org.uk |
Regulator | UK data protection authority: guidance, enforcement actions, and regulatory updates |
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Ofcom ofcom.org.uk |
Regulator | UK communications and online safety regulator: codes of practice and Online Safety Act implementation |
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Competition and Markets Authority gov.uk/cma |
Regulator | UK competition regulator: digital markets investigations and consumer protection enforcement |
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EUR-Lex eur-lex.europa.eu |
EU | EU legislation and regulatory developments: AI Act, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Data Act |
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European Commission Digital Strategy digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu |
EU | EU digital strategy news, AI Pact updates, and enforcement actions against platforms |
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European Data Protection Board edpb.europa.eu |
EU | EU data protection guidance, opinions, and enforcement decisions with UK adequacy implications |
Why These Sources?
- Official government sources (Gov.uk, Parliament, NAO) provide the definitive record of what is actually happening in law and policy.
- Parliamentary proceedings (Hansard, Select Committees) offer real-time insight into debates, questions, and committee investigations on digital policy.
- Parliamentary research (Commons Library) offers impartial, rigorous analysis trusted by MPs themselves.
- Independent research institutions (Ada Lovelace, Turing) provide evidence-based analysis free from political or commercial bias.
- Think tanks (Institute for Government) offer expert commentary on implementation and delivery.
- Regulators (ICO, Ofcom, CMA) provide authoritative regulatory guidance, enforcement actions, and codes of practice directly relevant to compliance.
- Industry bodies (techUK) ensure we understand practical implications for organisations.
- EU institutions (EUR-Lex, EC Digital Strategy, EDPB) provide essential cross-reference for UK organisations navigating dual compliance and for policymakers tracking EU regulatory precedent that directly shapes UK digital policy.
About the Digital Policy Alliance
The Digital Policy Alliance (DPA) is an independent, non-partisan policy forum established in 1993. We inform Parliamentarians and policymakers about the potential impacts, implications, and unintended consequences of digital policy on governance, individuals, society, and business.
We are not a lobbying group. We have no party political prioritisation, do not get involved in campaigning, and do not advocate positions on behalf of individual members or interest groups.
Our work is guided by three values: Independent, Informed, Inclusive.
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Questions or Feedback: This service is curated by the DPA Research Team. If you have questions, suggestions for additional sources, or feedback on how we can make this more useful, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact: digitalpolicyalliance.org/contact