UK plans to become world leader in open data

Stuart Sumner
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George Osborne states lofty ambitions at Google's Zeitgeist event

Chancellor George Osborne has stated his ambition to make the UK a world leader in open data. Osborne was speaking at Google's Zeitgeist event 2011 in Hertfordshire today. "Our ambition is to...

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