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ID cards: Seven years of missed deadlines and U-turns
News October 2006 - The Tories pledge to abandon the ID cards scheme, with Conservative Party leader David Cameron describing the scheme as wrong and a waste of money. November 2003 - The Home Office states... [02 Dec 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans to reform what it calls Labour's "shambolic" and "costly" plans for healthcare technology in England. As well as considering the use of private sector... [10 Aug 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News The Conservative Party has championed the case of Gary McKinnon, the self-confessed Nasa hacker, in an opposition day debate in parliament. Conservative shadow home... [16 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News The Home Secretary faced similar calls to scrap the scheme from Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, this time to save costs. Johnson reiterated to Parliament yesterday that the government is pushing ahead... [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]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News Shortly after its publication, Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative Party's shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, called Digital Britain a "colossal disappointment" and lambasted the plan's... [18 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News The programme to introduce biometric passports will be carried on by a Conservative government, according to Grayling's letter. Former home secretary Jacqui Smith told Parliament in March that to cancel... [18 Jun 2009]
MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss
News In response to Kelly's admission, Theresa Villiers, the Conservative shadow transport secretary said: "Taken together with the catastrophe at HMRC, this is further evidence of systemic failure in the government's... [18 Dec 2007]
Tories propose 'googling for taxes' scheme
News The Conservative Party is urging the government to build a website that would allow people to "google their tax pounds" in a bid for better transparency. The party is set to introduce... [14 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up We say "a couple of decades" based on a rough guesstimate of Shapps' age and the assumption the 'short pants' reference wasn't to any recent summer holiday attire the Conservative MP may have worn. The back and forth,... [24 Mar 2006]
'Councils to be "local police" for ID card database'
News Council officials could become "local police" for the controversial new ID cards database under government proposals, according to claims from the Conservative Party. But he said that in order to do... [09 Jan 2006]
Rebel MPs fail to kill ID card bill
News Conservative MP Edward Garnier said MPs should be "ashamed" of a bill that amounts to little more than a "denial of democracy". If the bill is rejected by the Lords then Blair would be forced to invoke the... [19 Oct 2005]
Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy
News FFII UK will be writing to UK Conservative and Liberal MEPs to ask why the letters they send to constituents say they are against software patents yet they vote for them in committees and parliament,"... [24 Jun 2005]
ID cards may test Blair's reduced majority
News Out of the 19 Labour MPs who voted against the government, 16 have been returned to parliament (with the remaining three standing down), while all 10 of the Conservative MPs who defied Michael Howard's... [06 May 2005]
Kilroy-less UKIP lashes out at software patents
News No Labour or Conservative MPs were available to comment on the matter, however when asked about software patents and the EU, a Labour telephone assistant said: "There is an election going on. The software patent... [04 May 2005]
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