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The coalition government is to pass through a rushed surveillance law next week which will force UK ISPs to retain all records of customer calls, texts and internet activity. The reform comes amongst a new wave of security measures announced by Downing Street, including tighter airport control, and concerns over ‘radicalised’ behaviour stemming from the… Read More

Hannah Breeze looks at the progress of the government’s tech initiative G-Cloud. Since the introduction of the scheme, the public sector has seen its IT bills cut by a least 50% and has experienced greater flexibility and efficiency. However, she argues that more still needs to be done to raise the profile of the G-… Read More

UK councils and local authorities are almost totally ignoring the Government’s G-Cloud purchasing framework and going it alone according to a new survey. Part of the explanation as to why 90% are doing their own thing may be that 76% of respondents don’t know what the G-Cloud framework is used for. These stark figures have… Read More