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ID cards: "massive drop" in public confidence, says Blunkett
News The Conservatives have said they would scrap ID cards, while privacy and civil liberties campaigners have been the most vocal opponents. MP David Blunkett, architect of the National Identity Scheme, has said there has... [05 May 2009]
Tories slam gov't for lack of open source love
News In the statement, the Conservatives released recommendations drawn up by Mark Thompson, a lecturer in information systems at Cambridge University's Judge Business School. Thompson was asked by the... [28 Jan 2009]
David Cameron: Green light for eco tech start-ups
News The Conservatives also detailed plans to introduce a green index to trade the shares of companies doing business in the environmental sector from the UK and around the world. Conservative leader David Cameron has today... [05 Jan 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News The Conservatives however have come out in favour of a UK fibre deployment. Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks to have given the go ahead to a recession-busting programme of investment that could see super-fast broadband... [05 Jan 2009]
Row over high street biometrics
News Smith criticised both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats for saying they would scrap the scheme. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has insisted biometrics taken from people in high-street businesses will be secure. [10 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News The shadow crime reduction minister also claimed that in the last year a public servant has been disciplined for losing, or abusing access to, personal data every day and said the Conservatives would make it a criminal... [05 Nov 2008]
UK ID cards unveiled today
News The Conservatives have repeatedly stated they will scrap ID cards if the party is returned to power in the next election, leading to some companies withdrawing from the scheme's procurement process. The first UK ID cards... [25 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up If they hadn't responded, the Conservatives would probably have accused the government of ignoring the democratic views of its own voting public on its own website. There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a... [22 Aug 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cyber crime and unveiled plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election. [06 Mar 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News In addition, figures obtained by the Conservatives claim the department has lost a total of 347 laptops since 2004. Government BlackBerrys and PDAs have been grounded by the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of... [04 Feb 2008]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News In response to the documents leaked to the Conservatives, the Home Office said it had always stated the scheme will be rolled out incrementally. The widespread introduction of ID cards has slipped back by two years,... [23 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News In addition, figures obtained by the Conservatives claim the department has lost a total of 347 laptops since 2004. All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from... [22 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of the Conservatives David Cameron questioned Brown about his commitment to the ID card scheme, and needled him on why he said in an interview with a national... [10 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.06.07
Round-Up In one instance e-ballot papers suffered a glitch whereby the wrong party logos, those of the likeliest competitors for power, Labour and the Conservatives, were mixed up and appeared next to the wrong candidates' names. [29 Jun 2007]
US Senate reins in ID card project
News The immigration bill, which is backed by the Bush administration and has drawn the ire of many conservatives, requires employers to demand Real ID cards of new hires starting in 2013. The US Senate took a preliminary... [28 Jun 2007]
