The Prime Minister today hailed "inspirational" Labour peer Tessa Jowell as the Government announced a package of funding for brain cancer research.

Consumers are ready to exercise rights under GDPR 

Social media firms could be forced by law to adopt new technology that automatically detects extremist content online, Amber Rudd has said.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling shows how inadequate gambling regulations currently are when it comes to preventing crime.

A world class training facility designed to deliver the ‘workforce of tomorrow’ has officially opened in Cumbria.   

What could a social contract based on data for public good look like, asks Lord Holmes.

Huge change is coming to the transport sector and the UK can be at the forefront – but we must start thinking now about the implications for everything from infrastructure and skills to cyber-security and data protection, writes Iain Stewart

Social media companies must step up their efforts to remove extremist content online, Theresa May will say today.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about the likely next steps on FOBT stake levels following the closure of the government's consultation.

Pro-EU campaigners have laid into the Government for not beginning its search for a Brexit digital guru until 18 months after the vote to leave the bloc.

Tory vice chairman Ben Bradley has been forced to apologise for a second time after further offensive comments he made online in the past emerged last night. 

More than 24,000 attempts have been made to access pornographic websites in parliament since June’s general election, new figures reveal.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling comments on a news story about gambling type apps appearing on social media, which raised concerns that children are being exposed to 'a risk of addiction'.

The technology behind crypto-currency Bitcoin could transform the NHS and save lives, a member of the influential Treasury Select Committee has said.

Bitcoin poses a series of challenges, but we need to recognise the transformative potential of blockchain writes John Mann MP

So much has happened in the UK and across the world over the last 12 months, and as the holiday season draws closer there is a great deal of uncertainty. The implications of Brexit are still far from clear as negotiations proceed. The Trump presidency is creating tensions across the world, there is political and social unrest in a number of regions and many others are threatened by terrorist attacks, conflict and natural disasters.

British inventions are often monetised overseas and the benefits accrue elsewhere. From the world wide web to the electric car, this is the land of missed opportunity.

The highly successful High Value Manufacturing Catapult, which stimulates and supports the commercial application of new technologies through the development of innovative manufacturing processes, has appointed Stephen Burgess, Mary Champion, Allan Cook, Andy Neely and Margaret Wood as Non-Executive Directors to its Supervisory Board to replace those members who will retire during 2018.

Last month saw the launch of a new logo for our Learn My Way website, giving the brand a fresh look and bringing it more in line with the Good Things Foundation and Online Centres Network logos.

Following the launch of the industrial strategy the Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, the Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Lamb, calls for the government to match its ambition with substance to prepare Britain for the industries of the future. 

Diane Abbott has said a Labour Government could renationalise forensic services as a major evidence-tampering scandal threatens to ruin more than 10,000 criminal cases.

The scandal may draw in serious criminal cases, including violent and sexual offences, says Diane Abbott MP.

Labour have torn into the Government’s long-awaited industrial strategy, claiming it is little more than a rehash of existing policies.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, which includes investment in digital technologies and a plan to bring driverless cars to our roads.