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Knowledge and intellectual property can help the UK become the most advanced digital economy in the world. I am proud of the UK’s strengths in creativity, technology and innovation. Our economy...
View ArticleIn this week's magazine | A storm is coming
A first look at this week's issue. 19-25 February 2016 IssueA storm is comingCover Story: The storm is coming. Felix Martin: The world economy is close to breaking point. Can anyone stop another...
View ArticleEd Miliband postpones Oxford talk after anti-semitism claims
Allegations of anti-semitism among members of the Oxford University Labour Club have been made in recent days. Ed Miliband has postponed an event at the Oxford University Labour Club after the student...
View ArticleSecurity breaches by numbers
How UK businesses, big and small, are coping with cyber threats
View ArticleHow I learnt to stop worrying and love Basic Income
John McDonnell's decision to consider moving to the benefit is the right one, says Jonathan Reynolds. The first time Basic Income was pitched to me I have to admit I thought it sounded completely...
View ArticleDavid Cameron's fiscal gerrymandering would make Robert Mugabe wince
What the government is doing to cities like mine is worse than a joke, says Joe Anderson. It’s little wonder government ministers have stopped claiming “we’re all in it together” given the scandal of...
View ArticleProtect and survive. Survive and thrive
In the face of cyber crime and theft of intellectual property, how can our government, business and industry protect the digital economy? The New Statesman brought some leading voices together to find...
View ArticleRachel Reeves turns down invitation to join Labour's economic review
Former shadow work and pensions secretary declines John McDonnell's offer. John McDonnell took to the LSE last night for the latest event in his "New Economics" series. Though his speech did not...
View ArticleAre you ready for a cyber crime wave?
Many people seem to think that in the online world attacks are only virtual, nothing is lost and no-one is hurt. Not so. Cyber crime is real, it is costly and it could be deadly. A t the beginning of...
View ArticleThe SNP’s plan for the May election is to be the insurgency against its own...
The American elections are mesmerising - but if it’s breathtaking, eye-watering campaign chutzpah you're after, look to Scotland. I am mesmerised by the US presidential primaries. Not in the way that...
View ArticleCounter measures
The government is investing heavily in cyber programmes and policies aimed at increasing security, strengthening resilience and building capabilities against attack From online shopping to Twitter to...
View ArticleA day in the life of a Yazidi woman
The Islamic State nightmare will one day end but its barbarity and inhumanity will remain vivid for survivors without greater support. A living hell makes death preferable. At her lowest point, Runak...
View ArticleSafe in whose hands?
What happens when control of our most critical national infrastructures sits outside our geographical or jurisdictional areas? How do we know where to draw the boundaries between critical areas? And...
View ArticleStaying one step ahead
Cyber threats change frequently and they change fast. We cannot afford to standstill if we are to protect ourselves from the financial, physical and emotional risks that such dangers present Cyber...
View ArticleFixing the cyber skills crisis
If we are to effectively tackle cyber crime, we need to create more experts with the talent to do it. This means more effective partnerships between industry, government and academia are needed – and...
View ArticleAs the polls spell doom for Labour, do Jeremy Corbyn or his opponents have a...
At no point since 1945 have the party's ratings been lower in opposition. The government is locked in an unpopular dispute with junior doctors, the economy is slowing and the cabinet is divided over...
View ArticleDystopian pop-up shops and toilet humour: Broad City's triumphant return
Three seasons in, and we’re as invested in the onscreen friendship between Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler as ever.“Oh, I guarantee I could identify my own butthole in a line-up, 100 per cent.”“Even if...
View ArticleRise of the smart attack
Hacking has become an increasingly professional industry, with cybercrime reportedly costing the UK economy billions. Can protective technology fight back? Cyber risks are now in the top three...
View ArticleShelter from the storm
The government’s cyber strategy is promising stronger US cooperation and hackathons that identify young talent. I n the wake of the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures, it was reported that staff...
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