Digital technology is at the heart of Labour’s 2015 manifesto and, if elected in May, the party plans to make digital government more transparent and accountable.

An interim document released last month suggested that, if just 25 per cent of councils migrated their websites to the gov.uk platform, it would incur savings of £8.6 million.

Labour also plans to create a Small Business Administration, designed to help small companies achieve more success with procurement.

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