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Bank of England's dissenters face tough task winning an interest rate rise

24 Aug 2014: Business leader: With inflation likely to fall further and wages weak, the vote for higher rates by Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty looks doomed
The costly trail of British government IT and 'big bang' project disasters

19 Aug 2014:
From e-borders to the NHS, the billions spent tell a cautionary tale – but have lessons been learned for universal credit?
'We need the Mary Beard prize for women online,' author claims

7 Aug 2014: The internet is being dominated by corporate America, misogynists and weary cynicism, Charles Leadbeater argues, while its real social potential is being overlooked. By Alex Hern
Estonian e-voting shouldn't be used in European elections, say security experts

12 May 2014: Researchers who replicated the system in a laboratory environment say the software could be hacked to cast fake votes or servers attacked to alter totals. By Charles Arthur
UK should consider e-voting, elections watchdog urges

26 Mar 2014: Electoral Commission calls for urgent reforms to engage younger voters who are turning out in declining numbers
Occupy founder calls on Obama to appoint Eric Schmidt 'CEO of America'

20 Mar 2014: Justine Tunney, a Google software engineer, is demanding that the tech industry take over the US government. By Alex Hern
E-petitions can be very effective, but don't put them in the hands of government

24 Feb 2014: Emma Howard: The aim of a petition is to get something done, yet Directgov is rarely more than a farce. It's better to use independent sites
Francis Maude installs Wi-Fi network to bypass 'rubbish' government IT

17 Oct 2013: Minister wanted to use his iPad in his Westminster office, but got frustrated – so he set up his own network. By Alex Hern
Clampdown on unofficial premium rate phone lines

31 Jul 2013: PhonepayPlus seeks to prevent ads tricking the public into paying over the odds for calls to NHS Direct and other services
Google Adword: beware copycat websites in paid-for search results

1 Jun 2013:
Web search results reveal scores of 'rogue websites' tricking the unwary into paying too much for government services
Online petitions start to click and kick

10 May 2013:
Zoe Williams: Twitter can turn celebrities into a weapons-grade Esther Rantzen
A lesson in public e-policy

15 Apr 2013:
Fréderic Filloux: Estonia is run like a corporation, but its president believes government must play a crucial role in areas of digital policy such as secure ID
Digital by default bolstered by new advisory board

Guardian Professional, 25 Apr 2012:
UK digital champion Martha Lane Fox to chair new board of external digital experts
How tiny Estonia stepped out of USSR's shadow to become an internet titan

15 Apr 2012:
The European country where Skype was born made a conscious decision to embrace the web after shaking off Soviet shackles
Eesti keel | Estonian language version
The NHS bill will have catastrophic consequences. It must be opposed

23 Jan 2012: Aseem Malhotra: Andrew Lansley is leading us to an Americanised system of privatised care with no accountability. We will all be worse off