Winner of Open Data competition claims his Parliamentary tea with Chi
Chi published the annual anonomised data relating to her constituency work on her website earlier this year and opened up an open data competition [full screen here] to invite anyone to display the data in an interesting and informative way, with tea in the Pugin Room, House of Commons as the prize. Chi’s team judged the submissions against a number […]
Labour announces Digital Government review – Digital Britain 2015
Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, Chi Onwurah MP, will announce today the launch of a Digital Government review – Digital Britain 2015 – specifically looking at how digital technology can improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of government. The review, which will culminate with a published update of relevant parts of Labour’s 2009 Digital […]
Chi takes up the case for Trillians in Newcastle to re-open
Newcastle MPs pledge ‘to put the HER in Hero’ ahead of Ada Lovelace Day
Newcastle MPs, Chi Onwurah and Catherine McKinnell, joined forces to sign the ‘HER in Hero’ pledge at an event organised by the Little Miss Geek campaign in Parliament last week. Joined by almost forty of their Parliamentary colleagues, Catherine and Chi backed Little Miss Geek’s pledge to celebrate our female heroes of the past and present, in […]
Social enterprises could be the key to economic recovery
Social enterprises could be the key to economic recovery In an article today Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central and shadow cabinet office minister says social enterprises could be the key to economic recovery. Chi believes too often we only think of social enterprise in the context of delivering public services: “ This is important […]
Updated: Chi announces summer open data competition
Chi is today announcing a summer Open Data Competition. Chi is Labour’s shadow Minister for Digital and Open Government and the first MP to publish constituency casework data. The person who can use the data to create the best application or infographic will win tea in the House of Commons with Chi. The data is an […]
Gaming sector ‘stuck in dark ages’
– Warm words from Government and industry not enough to tackle the problem – Women make up nearly half of the most frequent game purchasers but only 6% of ICT industry employees. The lack of women in ICT is a scandal which shames our country, Chi said today at a European gaming conference in Gateshead. […]
Girls in ICT: ‘Little or No Progress in 30 years’
– Warm words from Government and industry not enough to tackle the problem – Debate held ahead of International Girls in ICT Day on 25th April Google and Microsoft will not even say how many women they employ, it was revealed today in a debate in the House of Commons on ‘Attracting girls to ICT […]
Chi speaks for Newcastle’s experience of Baroness Thatcher’s legacy
Chi said yesterday that she did not want to intrude on personal grief but to put Newcastle’s viewpoint in what had become a public debate on Baroness Thatcher’s legacy. Speaking in Parliament, Chi said: “[Her] most meaningful legacy in the north-east is the unemployment across the region. “…contrast the huge bail-out that a Labour Government […]
Chi calls on Ministers to get a grip of cyber security
Speaking at a national cyber security event today, Chi called on the Government to show real authority leadership in tackling cyber security. She also called for specific Government action on mobile security and cyber security amongst small businesses. Commenting after the keynote speech at the Future of Cyber Security 2013 conference, she said: “Ministers have […]