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Government IT procurement moves to Cabinet Office

...the run-up to the general election, Gershon and Read advised the Conservative Party on public-sector efficiency, concluding that £12bn in savings could be... Read more

16 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Unionised Fujitsu staff plan Tory conference demo

...staff members are set to hold a demonstration on Tuesday outside the Conservative Party's conference in Manchester. The Unite union demo will take place... Read more

3 October, 2011

Hunt pours scorn on Geordie broadband plans

...the local authority chose not to apply for BDUK funding. Image credit: Conservative Party However, North Tyneside and South Tyneside have told the government that... Read more

9 March, 2012

Blair: Social media 'shakes governments'

...said Blair. This flies in the face of efforts made by the Conservative Party in the UK to engage with voters via social media, for... Read more

5 March, 2012
IT teaching to get radical shake-up

IT teaching to get radical shake-up

...ditching 'boring' ICT in favour of computer science and programming. Image credit: Conservative Party/Flickr The current ICT syllabus is 'harmful and dull', Gove said... Read more

11 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government unveils £100m for urban broadband

...100m to create 10 'super-connected cities' in the UK. Photo credit: Conservative Party Chancellor George Osborne announced the move in his Autumn Statement (PDF... Read more

29 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Cabinet Office posts open-source procurement guide

...it was reiterated in 2009 and 2010. Before coming to government, the Conservative Party called for an increased use of open-source technology in government... Read more

3 November, 2011 by Mark Say

Unite suspends Fujitsu strike action

...had planned to stop work on Tuesday and to demonstrate outside the Conservative Party Conference in the city, as part of a long-running dispute... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Osborne puts £50m into UK graphene research

...the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics. Announcing the investment at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Osborne said "We will fund a national research... Read more

3 October, 2011

ICO looks into government back-channel email claims

...government resources. "Mr Cummings' email was not to civil servants and concerned Conservative Party spring conference 2011 - not government business. The Code of Conduct explicitly... Read more

20 September, 2011

Hunt urges operators not to stall 4G auction

...operators not to stall the much-delayed 4G spectrum auction. Photo credit: Conservative Party The auction is already almost four years late, having originally been... Read more

15 September, 2011 by David Meyer

MoD cyber-command will combine with intelligence

...has outlined plans to harmonise cybersecurity command with military intelligence. Photo credit: Conservative Party Defence minister Liam Fox outlined the cyber-defence plans, which are... Read more

27 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MoD battled 1,000 cyberattacks in 2010, Fox says

...of Defence blocked more than 1,000 cyberattacks last year. Photo credit: Conservative Party In a speech at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry... Read more

9 June, 2011 by Staff

Government hands out first funds for rural broadband

...regions to receive government funding for rural super-fast broadband. Photo credit: Conservative Party Overall, the government has £530m set aside for funding high-speed... Read more

27 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Government kicks off fresh debate on comms law

...letter inviting opinions on a new, deregulation-focused Communications Bill. Photo credit: Conservative Party In an open letter to people working in those industries, culture... Read more

16 May, 2011 by David Meyer

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