How does the UK become the world’s most advanced digital society? In my first keynote speech since becoming Shadow Digital Minister, I will draw on my history of Britain’s entrepreneurial revolution to set out the roadmap for developing Labour’s digital manifesto over the year to come.

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So the facts are in. The Tories have given us a recovery that is worse than the one in the 1930s that followed the Great Depression.

The places hit hardest by Brexit are the least equipped to prosper in the digital economy, according to research I commissioned from the House of Commons Library.

The research shows that the 95 council areas expected to be hit hardest by Brexit have average download speeds that are 65% worse than the areas hurt least by Brexit.

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For those who take an interest in these things, here’s the data on the donations to the various Leave campaigns prepared for me by the House of Commons Library.
Download a copy here.
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Download a copy here.

Read here the letter Birmingham City Council leader Cllr Ian Ward has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget.

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Labour's Digital Jobs Revolution
Remarks to the Parliament & Internet Conference: Parliament and the Internet
 

Welcome.

Now, it used to be said that to err is human, but to really mess things up you need a computer.

No more. At least not outside the Department for Work and Pensions.

Digital is changing our lives – and though we marvel at the speed of change, actually we need it to go faster.