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MPs: Smart-meter scheme could cost consumers dear

...could leave consumers out of pocket while energy companies reap the savings, MPs have warned. The rollout of smart meters around the UK could leave... Read more

17 January, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs flag privacy concerns in Freedoms Bill

A committee of MPs has expressed concern over measures in the new Protection of Freedoms Bill... Read more

10 October, 2011 by Sade Laja
Free Apple iPads for <endeca_term>MPs</endeca_term> go under debate

Free Apple iPads for MPs go under debate

...Politicians are deciding whether the UK's 650 MPs should each be given an Apple iPad. A committee of MPs is... Read more

16 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

MPs see little value in scrapped £9m eye scanners

...scheme at airports 'would have been better spent on immigration staff', say MPs, who have also raised questions about the progress of e-Borders and... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Jo Best

NHS may revive 'unworkable' Lorenzo system

...records system, which was running years behind schedule and labelled 'unworkable' by MPs last summer, was a major plank of the disastrous National Programme for... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

...discrepancy, a spokesman for the committee was unable to explain how the MPs envisaged the takedown working.At the moment, ISPs have a responsive rather... Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs: Police need to learn about e-crime

...MPs have called for police forces to get more training to deal with... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Anonymous posts face legal shake-up

...regard these as an excuse for inaction," the committee of lords and MPs said in the report. "The internet has fundamentally changed the way that... Read more

20 October, 2011 by David Meyer

MPs: Poor supply-chain IT puts troops at risk

...supplies until a new programme is implemented in 2014, a group of MPs has warned in a new report. In the report released on Friday... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Mark Say

MPs get green light for iPad and Twitter

...MPs should be able to use tablet devices and smartphones in House of... Read more

25 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs call for order on iPads and tablets

...MPs are reviewing whether to relax the rules on letting mobile computers such... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

DVLA driver data-sharing project delayed by costs

...motor insurers is floundering over who will bear the costs, according to MPs. An £870,000 IT project to share driver data between the DVLA... Read more

24 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose

The home affairs select committee has branded police IT systems as 'not fit for purpose' in a new report Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Facebook riot posts lead to four-year jail terms

...from the social-networking site. Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner Tim Godwin told MPs on the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that the Met had considered... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

High Court to review Digital Economy Act

...rushed through Parliament in the 'wash-up' with only six percent of MPs attending the brief debate and has very serious flaws. "The provisions to... Read more

10 November, 2010 by David Meyer

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