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Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News Digital technologies will share in a £750m pot to stimulate growth in the UK's "industries of the future", Chancellor Alistair Darling said in today's budget. Announcing the Strategic Investment Fund,... [22 Apr 2009]
Darling's VAT change a headache for retailers
News The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's decision to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent is likely to be an IT headache for retailers according to industry... [25 Nov 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News Speaking in Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "It is quite clear that the loss was entirely avoidable and again I apologise unreservedly to everyone who has been affected. [25 Jun 2008]
MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss
News Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, also updated Parliament on the review of HMRC processes and measures for protecting personal data. Transport secretary Ruth Kelly admitted to Parliament... [18 Dec 2007]
Gov't needs greater accountability to "ensure security", says Darling
News The government needs to simplify organisational structures in some departments and review data-protection laws, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has admitted. In the wake of the loss of 25... [18 Dec 2007]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no evidence or intelligence that this data has fallen into the wrong hands and no evidence of fraud or... [29 Nov 2007]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News Speaking at a joint House of Commons and House of Lords select committee on human rights, the data protection minister Michael Wills admitted he was not informed about the HMRC data breach before Alistair... [27 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up In the meantime, worry and stress will turn Alistair Darling's eyebrows the same colour as the rest of his hair. It's not often the Round-Up gets on its moral high horse but this week is an exception. [23 Nov 2007]
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... [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 -... [22 Nov 2007]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, revealed the full scale of the data loss to gasps from MPs. But Darling told MPs this... [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. In a statement to Parliament,... [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. Darling is to abolish the taper relief scheme, under which company... [15 Oct 2007]
Hello? Yes, I'm under water
News In a statement, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling said: "This is cutting-edge technology and that's why we're backing it. A £1.1m, two-year research project aims to develop... [26 Mar 2007]
UK vs the developing world
Comment A delegation led by DTI Minister Alistair Darling is scheduled to travel to India in January to promote this idea and cement the UK's position of prominence in the global workplace. But the NOA's Mark... [29 Nov 2006]
