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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 software, the... [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 secretary Chris... [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 exist," Cameron said. [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 proposal for a... [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]
The nine DWP projects that are 15 years behind schedule
News The figure was revealed in a written answer to Parliament by Jonathan Shaw, minister for disabled people, following a question by Mark Harper, Conservative MP for Forest of Dean. Nine major IT projects... [21 Jan 2009]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News One of the authors of the amendments, the British Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, told the BBC on Tuesday that the amendments "have nothing to do with copyright enforcement". The telecoms package will, however, need to... [09 Jul 2008]
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]
Editor's Blog: Olympics as tech showcase?
Comment Chairing the event this morning was Conservative MP Ian Taylor (I'm chairing tomorrow, so excuse what could be seen as a plug for the event). He mentioned there have been discussions in parliament and... [07 Feb 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 its Government Spending Transparency... [14 Nov 2006]
MPs blame IT for late payments to farmers
News Keith Simpson, Conservative MP for mid-Norfolk, told silicon.com: "My suspicion is that ministers went for the most complicated system possible. In parliament on Monday, Liberal Democrat Christopher... [29 Mar 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]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News Conservative peer Lord Saatchi hit back at the government's claims that a passport is a voluntary document which people are not forced to hold, saying citizens need to produce a passport when carrying out daily tasks... [20 Mar 2006]
Houses of Parliament IT "really sucks"
News Conservative MP Grant Shapps said, in part, the problem is due to restrictive levels of red tape and policy but also because too few MPs demand anything more than the most basic levels of connectivity. [20 Mar 2006]
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