Tech election 2010

As the country prepares to go to the polls, parties are offering a variety of differing policies on issues such as security, open source, government IT projects, e-health and digital rights.

ZDNet UK asked each party to explain its technology policies to help you decide which offers the best digital plan for the next five years.

Latest in Tech election 2010

Tories and Lib Dems form coalition government

News The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have much common ground in their opposition to ID cards and enthusiasm for open source, but could diverge on copyright and rural fibre Read more

12 May, 2010 by David Meyer 1 comment
Vote for the future we need

Vote for the future we need

Leader As the country goes to the polls, it's not enough to just look at tech policies: what's needed is a party that will reform the basic mechanisms of government Read more

5 May, 2010 by Leader 7 comments
Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

News Tech election 2010: having spoken to a range of political parties, ZDNet UK lines up their tech policies on the key issues for a side-by-side view Read more

16 April, 2010 by David Meyer

SNP and Plaid Cymru localise tech issues

Q&A In our fifth instalment of the Tech election 2010 series, the Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties talk about how they would act on rural broadband, ID cards and other tech issues Read more

16 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Greens, Pirates, UKIP and BNP weigh in on tech

Q&A In the fourth part of our Tech election 2010 series, the country's special-interest parties tell ZDNet UK about the tech strategies they would pursue if in power Read more

15 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Lib Dems promise to invest in tech start-ups

Q&A Tech election 2010: the Liberal Democrats explain how they would strengthen the UK tech industry and safeguard digital rights Read more

14 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Conservatives stress need for speed

Q&A In the second part of our Tech election 2010 series, the Conservative Party tells ZDNet UK about the tech policies it will push and policies it will drop if it wins the general election Read more

13 April, 2010 by David Meyer 1 comment

Labour trumpets open-source success

Q&A As part of ZDNet UK's Tech election 2010 series, the Labour Party explains how it would strengthen the UK tech industry and other tech policies Read more

12 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Tech election 2010: The parties line up

News As the country prepares to go to the polls, ZDNet UK has asked the political parties to explain their policies on issues such as government IT Read more

9 April, 2010 by Staff

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