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BBC licence fee to help fund superfast broadband rollouts

Spending review: Government reveals £530m cash pot for universal 2Mbps service and superfast... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Government closes in on e-Borders deal with EU

...the UK Border Agency expects to achieve savings of £500m over the spending review period. Attlee said that this will done through a "complete investment... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Cuts blitz will boost G Cloud, says government CIO

...All of this will be very important in the light of the spending review." Speaking on the day that the government's comprehensive spending review... Read more

22 October, 2010 by Kable

IT to play role in massive public-sector cuts

...has announced massive cuts to public-sector budgets in the government's spending review, with IT departments expected to both absorb the cuts and to... Read more

20 October, 2010 by David Meyer and Tom Espiner

Government review finds duplication in IT projects

...and outlined the government's intentions in relation to the forthcoming comprehensive spending review. "For government, this spending review is not seen as being less... Read more

6 October, 2010 by Kable

Government meets service suppliers

...savings, both within the current financial year and during the coming Comprehensive Spending Review period. A spokeswoman for the Cabinet Office told GC News: "While... Read more

1 October, 2010 by Kable

Councils told to seek 'radical' cost-saving changes

...to save £4m in total. Neill also said that the government's spending review, to be announced on 20 October, will "drive decentralisation across all... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Kable

UK science investment slashed by 41 percent

The government has revealed plans to cut investment in new UK science and research projects by 41 percent over the next four years, while keeping annual science spending at £4.6bn Read more

21 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Cabinet Office strikes efficiencies deal with Vertex

The government department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the outsourcing company Read more

21 December, 2010 by Kable

Cabinet Office hails £500m savings in IT

The department has saved £500m since May, largely through the scrapping of ID cards, and it has released information on the government IT projects that are currently under review Read more

20 December, 2010 by Kable

Schools to maintain IT spending levels

IT spending in UK schools is likely to stay the same in 2011, according to a report by the British Educational Suppliers Association Read more

22 September, 2010 by Kable

Spending review: £1bn-plus cuts to government IT bill

...as part of a shake-up of government spending. In today's spending review - which set out the government's saving targets for the next... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

Spending review: Procurement needs reform as public sector cuts bite

...ReviewAll this manoeuvring is really just a warm-up for the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which will be announced on 20 October. The CSR is... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
Securing the Cloud: The Need for Robust Security and Service Level Agreements

Securing the Cloud: The Need for Robust Security and Service Level Agreements

...rather than information theft. Despite sweeping defence cutbacks in the recent government spending review, funding for measures to counter cyber attacks was given a Â... Read more

1 November, 2010

Government wasting money in IT spending, says review

Sir Philip Green's spending review on behalf of the government finds that inefficiencies are due to... Read more

12 October, 2010 by Kable

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yeah! all we want free software

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