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Google opens Campus's doors in London

...Seedcamp, Springboard, Central Working and Tech Hub. The building was opened by Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on Thursday. "Philosophically, this government doesn't... Read more

29 March, 2012

mCommerce: now standard in the world of transactions?

...13% of customers used their mobile devices to purchase food. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, pledged to invest £150m to increase mobile coverage... Read more

7 February, 2012

Former PM Brown was 'email hack victim'

...several Fleet Street titles". Brown may have been targeted while he was chancellor of the exchequer, before he replaced Tony Blair, the police operation's... Read more

2 January, 2012
UK Tax Rates 2012-2013 0.1

UK Tax Rates 2012-2013 0.1

...single most important economic and financial statement made each year by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Parliament and the nation. The Budget Responsibility and... Read more

3 May, 2012
Warwick Economics Summit 1.1

Warwick Economics Summit 1.1

...as Professor John F. Nash Jr (Nobel Laureate 1994), Alistair Darling (former Chancellor of the Exchequer of HM Treasury), John Kay (leading UK economist and... Read more

27 February, 2012
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market by Walter Bagehot 1.0

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market by Walter Bagehot 1.0

...Exist, and Why It Assumed Its Present Form-The Position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Money Market-The Mode in Which the... Read more

5 March, 2011

Darling blames officials for data loss

Chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has said employees of HM Revenue & Customs... Read more

21 November, 2007 by Kable

Gloomy expectations for budget from tech industry

High-tech firms unlikely to get tax relief Read more

7 March, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Analysts attack Darling's pre-budget report

Technology firms and analysts have criticised chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling's Monday pre-budget report, which included... Read more

25 November, 2008 by Tom Espiner
Darling puts squeeze on gov't IT spending

Darling puts squeeze on gov't IT spending

The chancellor of the exchequer has placed new demands on government IT, with a... Read more

25 November, 2008 by Kable

Teachers give postitive response to 'cyber' budget

In his budget speech yesterday Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown pledged £1.7 bn for the 'Computers... Read more

10 March, 1999 by Tim Kelly

Coalition gov't to cut 'wasteful' IT spending

...it save £6bn in the current financial year. George Osborne, the new chancellor of the exchequer, said he will announce the details of the cuts... Read more

18 May, 2010 by Kable

Government announces broadband investment

...network, making sure everyone benefits from the communications revolution", according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling. Darling is currently outlining the Budget in... Read more

22 April, 2009

Systemic failure blamed for HMRC data loss

...At the time that the data loss was reported in November, the chancellor of the exchequer, Alistair Darling, blamed a junior official for the breach... Read more

25 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions

...widespread criticism over recent high-profile data breaches. In November 2007, the chancellor of the exchequer, Alistair Darling, reported that HMRC had lost 25 million... Read more

1 May, 2008 by Tom Espiner

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