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Labour u-turns on broadband promises
News Labour has condensed its broadband strategy into one sentence in its manifesto for the forthcoming general election, leaving experts questioning its commitment to high-speed Internet services. The fact that broadband services are not on the list of...
[May 18, 2001, 13:14]
Labour constituencies flying the flag for Broadband Britain
Talkback These constituancies are more likely to have broadband not because of the presence of Labour MP's but DESPITE the presence of Labour MP's! I agree.
[April 26, 2005, 15:02]
Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme
News The government has defended itself against fresh calls to drop its troubled ID cards scheme, this time from within the Labour party. In an extensive parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay added his voice to those calling for...
[July 7, 2009, 17:01]
Labour wins tech policy poll
News While the tech industry rates Labour's manifesto e-commerce pledges above the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, it has given it a vote of no-confidence for its digital policies overall. In a virtual poll at Internet World UK 2001, Labour's...
[June 7, 2001, 17:35]
Election 2001: Labour trails Web site poll
News Labour may be ahead in the polls but when it comes to Web sites the Natural Law and Green parties are streets ahead. According to performance testing from software testers SIM Group, the Natural Law and Green Party Web sites only took between two...
[June 7, 2001, 16:28]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Comment If it was a Labour MP being extradited then there would a load of overpaid MP's jumping up and down!
[July 28, 2009, 13:29]
Labour constituencies flying the flag for Broadband Britain
Talkback Labour have 7 out of every 10 sets in the House of Commons and Tories have 3 out of 10, so this survey just shows the law of averages at work. Lies, damned lies and statistics . Nothing to do with politics at all.
[April 26, 2005, 10:31]
News Schmooze: Labour surges to victory on text messages
News In a futile attempt to stem Labour's massive lead in the polls ahead of Thursday's general election, the Tories apparently engaged in a bit of email marketing, as a way of reaching the nation's "yoofs".
[June 8, 2001, 17:05]
Labour peer bangs cyberterrorism drum
Talkback don't be so stupid LORD of the labour, do you think that these "terorists" have been waiting since the 9/11 till now to comite a cyber attack? Oy wake up man, don't live in dreams
[April 29, 2005, 23:26]
Labour accused of hacking Lib Dem email
News A Labour Party employee hacked into the Liberal Democrats' email system, obtaining confidential policy information which was then leaked to the Guardian, according to a confidential Liberal Democrat memo.
[October 10, 2000, 13:03]
Offshoring behind UK tech-labour divide
News ReThink said this shows a global division in labour in IT, with the UK specialising in project management and consultancy, and developing countries involved in the more technical areas. Offshoring is creating a divide in the UK technology industry...
[September 26, 2007, 12:19]
New Labour sweet on Alan Sugar
News Sugar, who registered his approval of Labour shortly before the general election, was today accompanied by chancellor Gordon Brown as he made a speech to scholars at his old school in Hackney, east London.
[October 22, 1997, 15:04]
Labour MP to step down over Nasa hacker
Blog Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay will not run at the next election after becoming disillusioned with the government over the extradition of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. The Times reported on Friday that MacKinlay would step down after a vote to review the...
[July 27, 2009, 17:25]
Capita boss quits amid Labour loans furore
News Capita founder and chairman Rod Aldridge is quitting over his £1m loan to the Labour Party, claiming it has led to "spurious" but damaging suggestions the company was awarded government contracts because of it.
[March 23, 2006, 14:05]
This is the UK after New Labour
Talkback As a law abiding person I always thought the law was black and white, but have found out recently that it is not, it is opinions of opinions and this New Labour lot have not thought out any of their legislation thus leaving it wide open to misuse.
[August 28, 2007, 10:11]
IT labour market slows
News The IT labour market is slowing down according to research from the latest survey by the National Computing Centre in Manchester, based on salary and employment details for over 11,000 staff. The rate of salary increase over the past year reached...
[November 18, 2002, 17:10]
Tories attack Labour surveillance schemes
News He said that neither Gordon Brown nor Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, had referred to the ID-card scheme in their speeches to the Labour conference last week, despite Brown boasting of it the previous year.
[October 1, 2008, 13:18]
Labour wades in to delayed IR35 appeal
News At a debate last week, the paymaster general, Dawn Primarolo, was questioned by Labour MP David Drew about IR35 -- which treats some self-employed contractors as employees, rather than businesses, for tax purposes.
[November 20, 2001, 16:54]
Labour tech tsar attacks gov't comms-database plan
News The Labour chairman of an influential technology group has warned that government plans to monitor UK email and internet records could collect too much data to be useful. Home Office proposals that will see records of phone, email and internet...
[September 5, 2008, 8:21]
German labour eyes online authentication
News Germany's pensions administrator and labour department are implementing online authentication systems in a deal worth almost €10m (£6.7m). The German Federal Labour Office has also signed a deal with SBS for online authentication services as part...
[June 28, 2004, 14:15]
