Lib Dems Tackle IR35 In Tax Review
Talkback As there is no sign the Lib Dems are likely to influence public policy any time soon, what's the point of them taking up IR35 as a cause at this late stage? Or have they just woken up? Or has the PCG run out of people to moan at?
[October 1, 2005, 10:23]
Election 2001: Lib Dems Say Labour's IT Strategy Is Not Working
News The Lib Dems say they are disappointed by what they see as Labour's failure to combat Britain's digital divide during its first four years in office. The Labour Party must take a much more active role in the issues of broadband rollout, mobile...
[May 24, 2001, 16:11]
Lib Dems Tackle IR35 In Tax Review
Talkback Dennis, you're right. They only got 23% of the vote vs Labour's 30-odd, so why don't they just not bother existing any more? The Tories lost too, so their opinion doesn't matter either, and they might as well just go away.
[October 3, 2005, 16:19]
Lib Dems Tackle IR35 In Tax Review
Talkback I think the comment above largely misses the point. That a major political party - in opposition - is awake to the problems of IR35, is good news. As we all know, solid ideas brought to the forefront by other parties inevitably are caught on by the...
[October 1, 2005, 11:54]
Lib Dems Tackle IR35 In Tax Review
News Contractors will have a chance during October to influence Liberal Democrat policy on the IR35 tax regulation, as the party launches a review of their taxation policies. In a consultation paper, the party singled out IR35 as a case where attempts...
[September 30, 2005, 17:00]
Lib Dems Criticise Gov't Over Latest Data Losses
News The Liberal Democrats have taken the government to task following this week's round of high-profile official data losses, suggesting the breaches show the government could not safely administer an ID card database.
[June 19, 2008, 8:05]
Lib Dems Brand 2007 'worst Ever Year' For Privacy
News Research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that 37 million items of personal data went missing during last year. The party has claimed the figure raises further questions about the government's ability to handle personal data and calls into...
[January 8, 2008, 15:10]
Lib Dems Back Labour's Choice Of E-minister
News Despite lacking a technology background, Douglas Alexander could prove to be a successful e-minister thanks to his influential position within the Labour Party, according to the opposition Liberal Democrats.
[June 13, 2001, 15:06]
Liberal Democrats Accused Of Double Standards Over Patents
Talkback I liked the outcome but the Lib Dems are rubbish, they're so flaky when it comes to decisions. I'll admit (anonymously) that I voted LibDem in the elections, and now which I had not. What a bunch of lily-livered pansies
[June 23, 2005, 18:30]
Clarke Pledges To Push On With ID Cards
News The Lib Dems had not faced up to what was required when we made a number of proposals to try and encourage them to agree," he added. Lib Dem party chair Matthew Taylor said that the government had dropped the bill because of mounting concerns among...
[April 6, 2005, 17:35]
News Schmooze: Resurrected Daleks Hail New E-minister
News The Lib Dems even called him the "wunderkind of the Labour party", but they are the opposition, after all, and could just be setting him up for a fall. A new e-minister has arrived to put Britain at the centre of the Internet, and this saviour is.
[June 15, 2001, 16:12]
New Demands For NPfIT Review
News The Lib Dems' proposals for a review, originally published in March this year, list a number of system failures. The Liberal Democrats have repeated their call for a review of the NHS National Programme for IT.
[July 12, 2007, 12:25]
The Politics Of Open Source
Leader After all, the Lib Dems may have to work with either party in the event of a minority administration — and Labour has made such a mess of governmental IT that it might as well start from scratch. The difference between PR and persuasive argument...
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Well Done And Good Luck.
Talkback Problem is that NuLab will get tanked regardless and the lib dems are a bunch of loonies only supported as people are fed up with the other two. I have not been convinced by any facts that this extension is justifiable other than in posturing a...
[June 16, 2008, 9:24]
Election 2001: Fight Isn't Over For IR35
News Increasing the size of this allowance will be a priority for the Lib Dems after 7 June. The Liberal Democrats will keep up the fight against the government's controversial IR35 tax after the general election, and are hoping to change some of its...
[May 23, 2001, 17:21]
Microsoft Slammed Over XML Patent
Talkback The current directive will give us _exactly_ the same environment as the US, which sadly is what the leading representatives of the Conservatives (Malcolm Harbour) and the Lib Dems (Sharon Bowles) are fighting for.
[May 27, 2005, 16:45]
Government Overspends On IT By £1bn
News Lib Dems slam ID Cards costs The Liberal Democrats have blasted the Government for overspending on IT projects by over £1bn in the last five years. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has gone the furthest over budget, overspending by £785m.
[May 11, 2007, 17:53]
Government Attacked Over Document Shredding
News The Liberal Democrats have slammed the Treasury's record for transparency in government IT project spending, saying its opacity leads to a lack of public accountability. Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable MP said on Tuesday: "Given the...
[June 5, 2007, 17:02]
