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Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservatives propose abandoning the idea of a single medical record for each patient in England, in favour of separate electronic medical records for each hospital and GP surgery, based on common data formats to... [10 Aug 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News On Wednesday, the Conservatives called for the extradition treaty between the UK and the US to be reviewed to avoid injustice to those accused, citing the case of McKinnon as an example. The Conservative... [16 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News We will scrutinise these contracts closely but the Conservatives are committed to dropping the ID cards scheme and the national register," shadow immigration minister Damian Green told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Despite ongoing criticism of the scheme, the Conservatives lost a vote on the motion "That this House believes the government's identity cards scheme should be cancelled immediately", with 293 MP's voting against and 203... [07 Jul 2009]
Conservatives: 'Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist'
News If elected, the Conservative Party would take away Ofcom's policy-making functions, David Cameron said on Monday. So with a Conservative Government, Ofcom as we know it will cease to... [07 Jul 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News The Conservatives have urged a group of technology suppliers not to sign contracts for work related to ID cards, as the party will scrap the scheme if it is elected to power. The programme to introduce... [18 Jun 2009]
Tories slam gov't for lack of open source love
News The Conservatives said the recommendations by Thompson would now be considered by the shadow treasury team for inclusion in party policy. In the statement, the Conservatives released... [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... [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. I am determined the next Conservative government will enable the next digital revolution. In a speech today, Tory leader David... [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. Conservative shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve told silicon.com sister publication ZDNet UK in... [10 Nov 2008]
Tories propose 'googling for taxes' scheme
News The move is part of wider legislative proposals made by the Conservatives to make the government more accountable for its spending. The Conservative Party is urging the government to... [14 Nov 2006]
Google's Schmidt speaks to Tory Party faithful
News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt brought some internet glamour to the Conservative Party on Tuesday when he gave a keynote address at their annual conference in Bournemouth. Schmidt - who polled third... [04 Oct 2006]
Leader: Are we too snobbish to deserve a British Google?
Leader Even though - as the Conservatives have apparently just noticed - much of the innovation is coming from internet technologies. This is the latest cry from the Conservative Party.... [13 Jun 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons and the House of Lords had been united in opposing the introduction of ID cards until the climb-down, presented as a 'compromise', finally let the government... [31 Mar 2006]
Will's Web Watch: What's the story dawning e-Tory?
Comment In recent months the Conservatives have increasingly recognised technology is a key battlefield in modern politics and they have also been using it as a stick with which to beat the Labour government. [24 Feb 2006]
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