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HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News The emails will heap more pressure on Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, who failed to mention the details of this email exchange in his statement to MPs on Tuesday, despite it being included in the briefing... [23 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News As the full story behind the HMRC breach continues to unfold, the Conservative Party is also claiming senior HMRC officials - and not the junior official blamed by Chancellor Alistair Darling - authorised the sending of... [22 Nov 2007]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News SNP MP Stewart Hosie asked the Chancellor: "I am most concerned about the system failure, including as regards the implementation of guidelines, which allowed a junior official to copy the entire child benefit database... [21 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News The missing CDs were not reported to senior HMRC management until 8 November and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was then notified on 10 November. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne called... [20 Nov 2007]
Tech pros up in arms over tax change
News Technology professionals have reacted angrily to tax changes announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. The chancellor will raise this figure to 18 per cent on 1 April, 2008, to limit the... [15 Oct 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has estimated open source could save five per cent of the government's IT budget, which Gauke said would amount to £620m per year. The UK's failure to make use of open source is a... [13 Sep 2007]
Evesham pins bankruptcy blame on Brown
News Then Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in March 2006 that he was to pull the plug on the scheme, a decision which placed Evesham in a delicate financial position. Evesham Technology fell into administration on Friday,... [07 Aug 2007]
What the Budget means for the tech industry
News Paul Stobart, CEO of software company Sage, told silicon.com his company has been investing more in its R&D efforts as a result of the tax credit scheme in recent years and it is a relief the Chancellor decided to... [22 Mar 2007]
Tories broadside Blair over open source
News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open source software. The shadow chancellor went on to applaud "software that's developed... [08 Mar 2007]
Nokia and Cambridge Uni team up on nanotech
News Ian Leslie, pro-vice-chancellor for research at the university, said the pair will be researching nanoscience both in terms of how nanotechnology could be incorporated into displays and materials of a phone but also how... [07 Mar 2007]
Data thieves facing two years in prison
News Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, said in a statement: "Greater data-sharing within the public sector has the potential to be hugely beneficial to the public and is wholly... [07 Feb 2007]
Gates and Brown: Tech transforming education
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has laid out a vision for how technology is going to transform education, while Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown emphasised how IT can help the UK face the challenges of globalisation. [31 Jan 2007]
India's Wipro to create 500 new UK jobs
News Wipro revealed its expansion plans on Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's visit to India last week. Indian outsourcing giant Wipro is expanding its operations in the UK, creating 500 new jobs in the process. [23 Jan 2007]
World's leading websites failing the disabled
News Out of 100 sites tested in a UN commissioned study, only three met the minimum accessibility level: the UK Prime Minister's site and those of the German Chancellor and Spanish government. Only three per cent of the... [06 Dec 2006]
Pay-per-mile road charging 'will raise £28bn'
News The Eddington Report was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Transport last year to advise the government on the long-term links between transport and the UK's economic... [01 Dec 2006]
