Vince Cable loses big chunk of his IT remit

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Business Secretary keeps telecoms and IT manufacturing but stripped of most other IT duties

Business Secretary Vince Cable will retain responsibility for telecoms and IT manufacturing but has been stripped of most of his other IT responsibilities, following the row over his hostile re...

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