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Nobody cares about DAB radio – so let's force it onto smart speakers, suggests UK govt review

Britain's anti Amazon and Google war gets a second front

Networks22 Oct 2021 | 173

Dowden out, Dorries in: Is UK data protection in safe hands?

Comment It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life... for Dorries

Offbeat16 Sep 2021 | 29

Buyout of British defence supplier Ultra Electronics paused by UK.gov over competition concerns

Regulator sends out one more ping

Security19 Aug 2021 | 36

Tech biz must tell us about more security breaches, says UK.gov as it ponders lowering report thresholds

Breach reporting law might have effect on overseas operators too

Security27 Jul 2021 | 3

UK launches consultation on forcing landlords to allow gigabit broadband upgrades

We want to give your property better internets for free, pls respond

Networks09 Jun 2021 | 20

Defence Industrial Strategy suggests the UK is ready to start taking its homegrown infosec industry seriously

Doc makes all the right noises if you like government support for business

Security25 Mar 2021 | 15

UK's Superfast Broadband programme delivered value for money, says report, just don't ask about rural deployments

Which are – you guessed it – behind schedule

Networks03 Feb 2021 | 19

Cabinet Office takes over control of UK government data: Mundane machinery or Machiavellian manoeuvrings?

Argh! Dominic Cummings' department! Everybody panic!

Security24 Jul 2020 | 57

IoT security? We've heard of it, says UK.gov waving new regs

Department of Fun straps on a holster, strides into the wild west of online gadget users

Security28 Jan 2020 | 21

Digital Ministry merry-go-round set to continue as Nicky Morgan reappointed, made a life peer

'Turns out that leaving the Cabinet is harder than leaving the EU' - former MP

Legal17 Dec 2019 | 13

Please tell us why you're not securing yourselves, UK.gov asks businesses

Has collective amnesia about stance on end-to-end encryption

Security04 Nov 2019 | 37

Well, well, well. Fancy that. UK.gov shelves planned pr0n block

Thought of the children, but not privacy, tech, legal implications

Legal16 Oct 2019 | 139

Pesky legacy kit! It's stopping UK.gov getting at your data – watchdog

Don't worry, DCMS is about to publish 'yet another strategy'

On-Prem25 Sep 2019 | 8

UK parliament sends snippy letter to Zuck and his poodle Clegg as it seems Facebook has been lying again

US and UK authorities get a different version of Cambridge Analytica scandal

Legal02 Aug 2019 | 58

UK Ministry of Fun seeks deputy director for IT as it edges away from Cabinet Office shared services

DCMS wants to quintuple in-house IT staffers... that'll take it to 10

On-Prem11 Mar 2019 | 12

Beam me up, PM: Digital secretary expected to give Tory conference speech as hologram

Concerns that voters will see right through him ignored

Bootnotes20 Aug 2018 | 54

Off down the Amazon: DCMS confirms UK national tech advisor Maxwell has resigned

Exclusive He'll help AWS to 'transform' international governments

SaaS09 Aug 2018 | 11

The only way is ethics: UK.gov emphasises moral compass amid deluge of data plans

Civil servants get cheat sheet for procuring analytics

Legal14 Jun 2018 | 15

UK's Department of Fun seeks data strategy head – experience not needed

Data, digital or tech knowledge 'not essential' for £66,665 role

On-Prem23 Apr 2018 | 30

10Mbps for world+dog, hoots UK.gov, and here is how we're doing it

Yeah, expect your bills to go up

Networks28 Mar 2018 | 114

Er, Ofcom, please tell us more about Murdoch's £11.7bn Sky bid

UK's Department of Fun seeks clarification due to heightened public interest

Legal09 Aug 2017 | 21

Ed Vaizey booted to backbench, Hancock booted to DCMS

Son of beefburger loving Gummer gets Cabinet Office job

Channel18 Jul 2016 | 16

UK.gov plans to unveil a new Digital Bill

Exclusive It's the Ministry of Fun to the rescue, folks

Legal28 Jan 2016 | 24

Broadband minister: Our voucher scheme for SMEs is a tremendous success

Yeah, never mind sluggish uptake and reduction in funds

Legal16 Nov 2015 | 8

UK.gov mobile not-spot coverage project set to be completed in the year 2155AD

Exclusive Everyone reading this will be DEAD

Networks18 Sep 2015 | 19

Think beyond the Beeb: Gov consultation is crucial for free telly

Breaking Fad Channelling some answers for Auntie

Legal31 Jul 2015 | 77

Chill, luvvies. The ‘unsustainable’ BBC Telly Tax stays – for now

Analysis Ministry of Fun’s Whittingdale argues payment must reflect demand, eventually

Legal11 May 2015 | 152

Ofcom: We got it right, but let’s have a licence consultation anyway

Ministry of Fun promises remain ... er ... just promises

Networks19 Feb 2015 | 2

UK.gov pushes for SWIFT ACTION against nuisance calls, threatens £500k fines

DCMS seeks lowering of legal threshold to fight rogue firms

Legal25 Oct 2014 | 61

Yet another pricey Olympics' exec drafted in by UK.gov - this time for broadband spending

Ministry of Fun reveals more on £10m fund for alt pilots in remote areas

Networks15 Jan 2014 | 21

Why UK.gov's £1.2bn fibre broadband rollout is a bumbling FLOP

Analysis Ministry of Fun prefers to see it as a bumper win, naturally

Networks18 Dec 2013 | 54

Ministry of Fun launches news quiz - and the BBC is in its sights

Heyyyy... self-actualising media nodes: What do you think about your news-givers?

Legal01 Aug 2013 | 41

UK.gov to grab fistful from £150m city broadband pot to pay for digi skills

Win for small biz AND Virgin Media - but will townies suffer speed lag?

Networks26 Jun 2013 | 17

UK superfast broadband crew: EC competition bods are holding us up

Why must they hassle us over BT monopoly?

Networks13 May 2013 | 34

Ministry of Fun builds crack team to juice up bumpkin broadband

BDUK consultants, Whitehall mandarins sent to the sticks

Networks25 Jan 2013 | 27

'Leaked' doc shock: BT denies inflating prices for rural broadband rollout

DCMS won't comment on alleged dismissal of BDUK doc's author

Networks03 Oct 2012 | 19

Fujitsu lands on Ministry of Fun's grey list for broadband bids

'High risk' suppliers earn extra probing, warns DCMS

On-Prem14 Sep 2012 | 6

New broadband minister snubs 'ugly' fibre cabinet gripes

UK.gov 'cuts red tape' to speed up cabling rollout

Legal07 Sep 2012 | 118

Broadband minister Hunt LOSES portfolio, takes on national health

Forget about download speed, just try not to kill them

Legal04 Sep 2012 | 42

EC competition concerns stall UK's superfast broadband plans

Scrutiny of BT and Fujitsu deals 'will not delay rollout', insists gov

Networks04 Jul 2012 | 9

Copyfighters jumpstart MPs' probe into Blighty's IP law

Comment Google man tells Parliament what small businesses need

Legal04 May 2012 | 25

Rogue IPO bureaucrats feel MPs' red-hot probe

Sudden interest in how IP policy is made

Legal16 Mar 2012 | 11

Gov removes 'general appeal' rights for accused freetards

Three letters in a year gets you on the Black List

Legal06 Sep 2011 | 56

Rural areas win UK.gov broadband upgrade, but some miss out

Three councils given £50m from £530m BDUK piggy bank

Networks27 May 2011 | 11

UK.gov signals weary welcome to Brussels' web cookies law

Browser buddies with GSOH sought by communications minister

Legal15 Apr 2011 | 9

BBC Trust moots new licence laws to cope with net

Telly ownership on the wane

Legal01 Apr 2009 | 102