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Delighted to see LibDem MP (and client) Lynne Featherstone write the following: As Chair of the Liberal Democrat Technology Board - and an MP who believes that the internet should be used to strengthen democracy - I want to declare my support for the Free our Data campaign. We need postcodes to be owned by the [...] read on »

It's quite amusing to compare and contrast the announcements from DCLG and Ordnance Survey today, regarding boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information. DCLG's press release proudly declares: The Prime Minister and Communities Secretary John Denham will today announce that the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey maps from next year, as part [...] read on »

I've just come across an Early Day Motion at the House of Commons, dated 1 July 2008, by Labour's Khalid Mahmood: That this House believes that the Register of Postcodes is a national public asset and should be freely available. Short and sweet. And attracting healthy numbers of (mostly Labour) MPs willing to add their names in [...] read on »

LibDem MP Lynne Featherstone has an idea. She tells Liberal Conspiracy the one IT project she'd like to see from government would be (if I can paraphrase) an email-bouncing facility, where you'd send an email (for example) to yourpostcode@police.gov.uk (sic), and it would automatically get forwarded to the relevant coppers. She rightly notes that sites [...] read on »