Conservatives promise 100Mbps in tech manifesto

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The Conservative Party has made some bold promises putting tech at the heart of its election campaign.

- giving people the right to request access to government data

- creating a 100Mbps network for "most"

- publish all spending over 25,000 for central government, and 500 for local governments

- encourage the use of open source IT

- have an in-house development team to create small apps, advise on larger projects

- make credit card providers send a data file on pricing for easy comparison

- publish names and salaries of highest paid civil servants

- create a smart energy grid, with smart meters in every home, and encourage alternative energy production

- create a system for Parliament called the Public Reading Stage, that lets the public can contribute to legislation

The full document can be downloaded here.

Nicole Kobie
Nicole Kobie

Freelance journalist Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007, with bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.

Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.

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