This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partners…
Apple hits back at German plans to open up mobile payments infrastructure
Apple has sought to undermine German efforts to force the US tech giant and other vendors to let rivals use their mob…
Amazon says it lost $10bn Pentagon cloud bid due to “political influence”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed that it is mounting a legal appeal against the Pentagon’s decision to a…
Labour promises free full-fibre broadband as part of £20bn nationalisation plan
The Labour Party has pledged to roll out free full-fibre broadband to every premises in the UK by 2030 as part of a m…
DCMS appoints City Hall official as first head of data policy
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has appointed its first head of data policy as part of an…
Labour Party cyber attack: no evidence to suggest nation state to blame
Early on Tuesday, the Labour Party’s head of campaigns, Niall Sookoo, sent out a mass email to supporters. R…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (11/11/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partners…
Why Facebook can’t afford to ban political advertising
Twitter’s decision to ban political adverts last week hasn’t delivered the sort of quick PR win its chief executive J…
Facebook’s UK policy chief seeks to defend targeted political ads ahead of election
One of Facebook’s most senior British lobbyists has sought to defend the company’s decision not to ban po…
Revealed: the malicious WiFi networks that can exploit MPs’ phones
Experts are warning that MPs’ cyber security could be at risk after it emerged that a number of malicious WiFi …