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Cyber security strategy: the government's response to online threats
Britain faces Russian and Chinese cyber-attack

By Alice cannet Russia and China have already launched cyber attacks against the UK government, it emerged today. The revelation came in the UK’s first cyber security strategy, published this morning, which found online threats from criminals, terrorists and hostile countries are on the rise. Security minister Lord West confirmed that the UK government had… Read more »

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George Osborne considers a two-day emergency cabinet meeting
Tories review plans for spending cuts in emergency-cabinet

By Alice Cannet Shadow chancellor George Osborne is reviewing plans for an emergency two – day cabinet meeting soon after his party is elected which would bind ministers into large-scale spending cuts. High-spending department heads would have to settle collectively on how to bring spending down, an idea which stems from Labour policies in the… Read more »