General election 2024: Liberal Democrats thread digital commitments...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : In social care, the Lib Dems want to develop a digital strategy to enable care users to "live tech-enabled lives", including by rolling out digital platforms for care users to better connect with care workers, friends and family, and voluntary groups.
58% : Technology also plays a key part in Lib Dem plans to overhaul the NHS and improve social care.
55% : IT contractors will be pleased to see a commitment to end retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge brought in by the Conservative government, and review IR35 tax laws "to ensure self-employed people are treated fairly".
52% : "Plans to exploit and regulate AI feature prominently, with a goal to "make the UK a world leader in ethical, inclusive new technology, including artificial intelligence", and to "create a clear, workable and well-resourced cross-sectoral regulatory framework" for AI.Specific policies within that include negotiating the UK's participation in the Trade and Technology Council, with the US and the EU to play a leading role in global AI regulation, and working with international partners in agreeing common standards for AI risk and impact assessment, testing, monitoring and audit.
47% : The party identified an opportunity to increase public spending by increasing the Digital Services Tax on social media firms and other tech giants that was introduced by the Conservative government, from 2% to 6%.
45% : And following the furore over ministers deleting WhatsApp messages exchanged during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lib Dems want to "end the scandal of 'government by WhatsApp'" by requiring that all ministers' instant-messaging conversations involving government business be placed on the departmental record, along with a record of all lobbying of ministers via instant messages, emails, letters and phone calls.

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