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MPs: Smart-meter scheme could cost consumers dear

...smart meters around the UK could leave consumers out of pocket, a committee of MPs has warned. Image credit: British Gas Low-income families in... Read more

17 January, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

...commit themselves to taking down terrorist material from websites, an influential parliamentary committee has said.In a report published on Monday, the Home Affairs Committee... Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Data thieves should face jail sentences, MPs urge

...people who steal and illegally sell personal data, MPs have urged. Justice Committee chair Sir Alan Beith MP has backed calls for data theieves to... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs flag privacy concerns in Freedoms Bill

...may risk new infringements of individual rights, Parliament's human rights joint committee has said.In a summary of its legislative scrutiny of the bill... Read more

10 October, 2011 by Sade Laja

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

...The home affairs select committee has branded police service IT as "not fit for purpose" and claimed... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

MPs torch failed FiReControl project

...with no technical capability, noted Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The committee issued its report into the project, which was initially... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

MPs: Poor supply-chain IT puts troops at risk

...a new report. In the report released on Friday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the IT systems now being used to track supplies are... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Mark Say

MPs: Government IT is a 'recipe for rip-offs'

...services, paying between seven times and 10 times the going rate, a committee of MPs has said. Government departments have "wasted an obscene amount of... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

CSC contracts could cost NHS more to cancel than keep

...of England, Connelly told MPs on the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday. "Potentially, if you ask me about the absolute maximum, we... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Apple iPads get House of Lords backing

...The House of Lords administration and works committee has issued a report recommending that iPads, tablet PCs and smartphones be... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

MPs condemn PAYE computer system

...underpaid tax and £3bn overpaid tax, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a report (PDF) on Tuesday. "The chief problem was... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Becta closure was 'a mistake', say report witnesses

...the educational technology agency Becta has been criticised in the Public Administration Committee's review of the abolition of almost 200 quangos. A report published... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Kable

Raytheon seeks £500m e-Borders payoff

...half a billion pounds in a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee (PDF), published on Friday. "We maintain that the purported termination was unlawful... Read more

26 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Industry sparks inquiry into UK copyright reform

...to put its recommendations into force. The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee called for new evidence on copyright modernisation on Tuesday, adding that members... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

NHS IT will fail to deliver care records, says NAO

The ailing NPfIT cannot reach its target of delivering electronic care records for every patient in the UK and the work so far does not represent value for money, according to a National Audit Office report Read more

18 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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