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10 February 2012

Open government spells end for Minister for Digital Engagement

3 June 2009 Pete Swabey

On Monday, I wrote that one good thing to come out of the MP’s expenses scandal that is still unfolding in Westminster could be a renewed impetus for open and transparent government, as made possible by the Internet.

But today it emerged that one of the government’s most vocal supporters of web 2.0 technology in politics and the public sector has stepped down from his ministerial role after embarrassing details of his own expenses were revealed.

As Minister for Digital Engagement, Tom Watson was both an advocate and an early adopter (in Westminster circles) of blogging and Twitter. And... read more...

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