More or less the first post on IdealGov over six years ago was on Finland’s register-based census. But now, thanks to all sorts of developments not least this week’s Mydex launch, we can see how the UK in 2012 2011 could do better than the Finns a …
Twilight of the speed cameras
23 September 2010 by
It seems councils are starting to turn off vehicle speed cameras (Reading, Derby, Oxfordshire). There must be a German word for this. Something like Fahrzeugsgeschwindigkeitskameraeinrichtungdämmerung.
It’s not about identity. Or privacy. It’s about saving money
21 September 2010 by
Does it matter that the Coalition hasn’t published a post-ID-Scheme identity policy yet? I dont think so. It’s no more helpful to obsess about identity than to obsess about privacy. These things are important, but the overriding Coalition priority …
10 steps towards the Big Society
9 September 2010 by
Reclaiming control over our personal data could be one pillar of David Cameron’s Big Society plans, argues Geoff Mulgan. In a new publication Investing for social growth the Young Foundation director sets out a practical 10-step programme to make th…