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Everyone in the country is to be given a personalised webpage for accessing Government services within a year as part of a plan to save billions of pounds by putting all public services online, Gordon Brown is to announce.

The Prime Minister has previously hailed the potential for the internet to slash the costs of delivering services by reducing paper forms, face-to-face contact with officials, postage, phone calls and building costs.

He is now set to use a speech on Monday to unveil plans to give every voter a unique identifier allowing them to apply for school places, book GP appointments, claim benefits, get a new passport, pay council tax or register a car.

Within another three years, the Times reported, the secure site would include a Facebook-style interactive service allowing people to ask medical advice of their doctor or consult their children's teachers.

The move could see the closure of job centres and physical offices dealing with tax, vehicle licensing, passports and housing benefit within 10 years as services were offered through a single digital "gateway", Downing Street sources told the newspaper.

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Seems sensible though no doubt every time you use the system your details will be logged and "may be used in evidence against you".
 
philip2009 said:
Seems sensible though no doubt every time you use the system your details will be logged and "may be used in evidence against you".
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huh?:confused:

Used against you?

What are they going to do, arrest yuou for telling them there is fly tipping around the corner?

It is a good idea. However, it should be used in addition to services offered instead of.
 
Seems like a fairly good idea, no doubt if it happens it will end up 10000 times over budget though and cost billions.

However I'm still impressed that I got about 500 metres of pavement near my house repaired on fixmystreet.com so maybe this will work too.
 
Sounds good if it works. And that's a very big if given the government's track record with all things technology-related.
 
[TW]Fox;16195720 said:
Yes they do - it is free at your local library, which also offers basic instruction on its use.
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I am fully versed on the happenings of the Library. I just don't want to have to deal with my dad complaining that he couldn't get any work done because he kept having to give internet lectures.

I assume this is just an alternative, not a replacement?
 
PhillyDee said:
What are they going to do, arrest yuou for telling them there is fly tipping around the corner?
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You seem to know a lot about this fly tipping..

We have questions for people who know a lot about fly tipping..

Many questions..
 
The site sounds like a good idea, if executed properly.

It could be a complete disaster if they don't get some decent programmers/developers in though (not forgetting security analysts and some hackers to test the system before it's released ;))

Will be good to truly have everything in one place with a decent system that actually works.
 
Surely people will actually need something to put on their website? Most people fail to put anything of any worth on a FB / Myspace page, what makes them think that a Webpage is going to be any different?!
 
Great idea but it will not work because public sector projects like this never do. They need to get a profit making firm in to impliment it and make it work
 
CooK1E said:
Surely people will actually need something to put on their website? Most people fail to put anything of any worth on a FB / Myspace page, what makes them think that a Webpage is going to be any different?!
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As I understood it they mean personal website as in you'll have e.g. details of your personal GP, how to contact them and book an appointment, details of your car tax/renewals/notifications, details of your benefits (if you have any) and any other personal services you have.

He is now set to use a speech on Monday to unveil plans to give every voter a unique identifier allowing them to apply for school places, book GP appointments, claim benefits, get a new passport, pay council tax or register a car.
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I don't really see how this can be achievable at a sensible cost. I work in schools IT and although there will be a requirement for schools to make information available to parents via the internet, there is no standardisation as to how to data it published or even what data is published. It's hardly a good footing for then integrating into a single system.

This is pie in the sky because we have an election coming up.
 
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