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Labour is committed to taking radical steps to ensure all eligible voters are registered and able to use their vote – Cat Smith

Cat Smith MP, Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs, commenting on the Electoral Commission report on voting in 2017, said:

“Labour is committed to taking radical steps to ensure all eligible voters are registered and able to use their vote. We welcome the Electoral Commission’s findings that two thirds of voters support auto-enrolment with NI Numbers.

“A Labour government will extend the locations in which voter registration can take place and pilot the idea of polling day voter registration, as well as examining the use of government data to automatically place people on the electoral roll.”

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John McDonnell response to the Institute for Global Prosperity’s report on Universal Basic Services

John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the Institute for Global Prosperity’s report on Universal Basic Services, said:

“Rapid technological changes are a profound challenge for our economy and society. This report offers bold new thinking on how we can overcome those challenges and create an economy that is radically fairer and offers opportunities for all.

“It makes an important contribution to the debate around Universal Basic Income, and will help inform Labour’s thinking on how we can build an economy that truly works for the many not the few.”

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Tom Watson commenting on the Government’s Internet Safety Strategy

Tom Watson, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, commenting on the Government’s Internet Safety Strategy, said:

“Everyone agrees on the need to deal with abusive and harmful content online. Parents worry about what their children see on the internet, and too many people experience cyberbullying and online intimidation.

“We’re pleased the Government has accepted Labour’s call for compulsory sex and relationship education in schools, including online safety education, as well as for codes of practice for social media companies to prevent abuse.

“But this announcement is short on detail. The Government needs to say more about who exactly will pay the proposed levy, how much they will pay and how it will be spent. And they need to explain what transparency information they will be asking social media companies to provide.”

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D’Arcy Thompson and the Growth of Computational Form

From the Curator of Museum Services, University of Dundee :

This Friday (13th October) at 6.30pm sees a special public lecture by the internationally renowned computer scientist and physicist Stephen Wolfram, entitled D’Arcy Thompson and the Growth of Computational Form. 

Best known as the creator of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language, Stephen is the author of A New Kind of Science and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.   Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking. 

His early work on complexity in nature led him to study the behaviour of simple computer programs known as cellular automata.    These studies laid the groundwork for the emerging field that Wolfram called complex systems research.    He went on to discover fundamental connections between computation and nature, and his work led to a wide range of applications, providing scientific foundations for such initiatives as complexity theory and artificial life. 

Wolfram himself used his ideas to develop a new randomness generation system and a new approach to computational fluid dynamics, both of which are now in widespread use.    In this special keynote lecture, he will discuss the importance of D’Arcy Thompson to his ideas and the development of computational form.

The lecture will take place in the D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre in the Tower Building at 6.30pm.    Attendance is free but places must be booked here.
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Fraser Macpherson