Number One in Digital (launch presentation)
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The document summarizes the Labour Party's first major digital policy statement called "Number One in Digital". It includes 82 recommendations across 5 themes: connectivity and inclusion, driving economic growth, digital skills for all, government and public services, and digital citizenship regarding privacy and politics. The recommendations aim to make the UK a global leader in digital technology through initiatives like expanding broadband access, increasing funding for digital startups, improving digital skills training, and protecting citizens' online privacy and participation.
Number One in Digital (launch presentation)
- 1. #onedigital Launch Event 23 September 2014 Hashtag: #onedigital
- 2. #onedigital The first comprehensive Labour view of digital policy • 2014 is the year of the “Digital Manifesto” – TechUK, Policy Exchange, COADEC,TalkTalk ... • Number One in Digital: first major digital policy statement associated with any UK political party • 82 recommendations – Comprehensive review of all aspects of digital – A wishlist, not a manifesto – Some ideas about now, some about the future, some more experimental
- 3. #onedigital Why? • Purpose – Make it easy for Labour to develop its manifesto commitments for digital – Show tech community that Labour is serious about digital – Create platform for debate – Shift the debate from Britain being “a” leader to being “the” leader • Feedback: hello@labourdigital or tweet @labourdigital
- 4. #onedigital Ideas crowdsourced from our 300+ members at ideas.labourdigital.org ( ) Process & Sources DIGITAL SKILLS FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD The independent report of the UK Digital Skills Taskforce Beta Edition July 2014 INTERIM REPORT Lots of other sources too... ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A Leading Digital Nation by 2020: Calculating the cost of delivering online skills for all! ! What is the investment needed to get everyone in the UK using the internet regularly with Basic Online Skills?! ! Report by Catherine McDonald, for Tinder Foundation and Go ON UK, February 2014! ! ! ! thanks to...
- 5. #onedigital As coordinator of Labour’s Policy Review I believe our priority is to make the UK the number one country in the digital revolution. Jon Cruddas Foreword to Number One in Digital “ ”
- 6. #onedigital 82 recommendations across 5 themes Driving Economic Growth Digital Skills for All Government & Public Services Number One in Digital Connectivity & Inclusion Digital Citizenship: Privacy & Politics National programme UK Digital Board reporting to PM National Fund for Digital Creativity
- 7. #onedigital Connectivity & Inclusion • National delivery of 1Gbps broadband to homes, businesses and public buildings – 10Gbps services for tech-clusters • Assess viability of providing free basic internet access to all citizens. • Mandate BT to provide broadband services to homes without the need for a second telephone line – review dominant position of BT in infrastructure provision
- 8. #onedigital Driving Economic Growth • Increase late stage technology funding: relaunch tax incentives for corporate venture capital • Support for fintech industry – “preferred status” vs. banks, plus marketing budget – reviewing existing laws and regulations • “Digital Ombudsman” to protect SMEs • Mandate retail banks to provide customers with API access to their transaction data
- 9. #onedigital Digital Skills for All • A national fund for digitally upskilling the UK • Reform visa regulations: a one-year “Programmers’ Passport” • Negotiate with MOOC providers to deliver quality higher education at a fraction of the price of existing qualifications
- 10. #onedigital Government & Public Service • Require government departments and local authorities to publish annual digitisation progress reports • Expose 50% of all APIs for transactional services by 2018
- 11. #onedigital Digital Citizenship: Privacy • A Digital Magna Carta • Ensure that data is owned by and accessible to the individual from whom it was been collected • Royal Commission: publicly-owned data infrastructure • Service to permanently delete personal and sensitive data from web • UK online federated identity management framework
- 12. #onedigital Digital Citizenship: Politics • Online voting for national and local UK elections • Online participation & voting in all local public meetings • Allocate 20% of the House of Lords electoral college to the public to vote on legislation online
- 13. #onedigital Comments? Questions? hello@labourdigital.org @labourdigital Download the report from no1.labourdigital.org