'Crime is down' says Labour. 'No it isn't,' says Liam Fox, who lost his laptop and car in a break-in on Wednesday
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Will This Election Be Won On TV – Or On The Web?
Fifty years after the US, Britain has a TV election debate. Peter Judge asks whether new media will be more powerful
With No Broadband Tax, How Will We Wire Up Britain?
Blocking the broadband tax might give the Conservatives a late political goal, but now there is no mechanism to pay for rural coverage, says Peter Judge
Labour Drops 50p Broadband Tax
Conservatives have struck the Broadband Tax out of the Labour budget, in a move which could cost them rural votes
UK Digital Bill Enters ‘Wash Up’ Despite Protest
Harriet Harman has dismissed any further debate on the Digital Economy Bill, meaning it is likely to be swallowed up in the "wash up" process
Tory Broadband Plans Could Lose Rural Votes
A new report analysing the distribution of rural broadband subsidies has found the Tories' "wait and see" policy could do them out of the rural vote
eHealth Key To Europe’s Economic Recovery
Innovative IT will give citizens more control over their own health management and help cut costs and generate jobs, the EC believes
Digital Britain Minister Tweets Against Tory Tech Manifesto
Stephen Timms has attacked the Conservative Party's new proposal for the rollout of super-fast broadband via Twitter
Mortgage Company Data Protection In Arrears
Redstone Mortgages had been sending customer details by email since 2005 with no password or encryption
Tories To Bring Government IT Spending Slowdown
An analyst group has predicted that government spending on IT will slow if the Conservative Party wins the next general election