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Senior UK official asks whether pause in pharma sector spending is ‘co-ordinated’

A senior UK government official has questioned whether pharma companies are running a co-ordinated pressure campaign to drive up state spending on drugs, in a provocative intervention at the start of ... read more

UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout

Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further Senior officials are being summoned to the UK's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to explain why the government ... read more

Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

Wikipedia's parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to verify the identity of Wikipedia users. The High Court of ... read more

UK government walks back controversial Apple ‘back door’ demand after Trump administration pressure

The UK government has backed down on a controversial demand for Apple to build a “back door” into its technology to access private user data following pressure from the Trump administration. The order ... read more