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  • 26 Nov 2009
    e-government, politics
    lynnefeatherstone, postcodes

    LibDem tech chief backs free postcodes

    Delighted to see LibDem MP (and client) Lynne Featherstone write the following:

    As Chair of the Liberal Democrat Technology Board โ€“ and an MP who believes that the internet should be used to strengthen democracy โ€“ I want to declare my support for the Free our Data campaign. We need postcodes to be owned by the public โ€“ not sold to the public. Postcodes are the basic pre-requisite for allowing services to be developed that support democratic accountability. This is an issue that cuts across parties [โ€ฆ] and so it should, because itโ€™s about how the data about us can help us all.

    I wonder where she got the idea originally? Canโ€™t have been this, surely.

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