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David Cameron today opened a new fully accessible video games room at GamesAid-backed charity SpecialEffect – and commended the games industry’s support for the scheme. SpecialEffect is based in the prime minister’s Oxfordshire constituency and he spent nearly an hour meeting staff as well as enjoying a quick game of …

Government reveals grand reform plans, but games may miss out

Prime Minister probed again on the controversial tax break u-turn

Yesterday the Prime Minister once again faced the question of why he, and his government, chose to go back on promises made in the run up to the election. Before the election all three parties pledged to introduce a videogames tax relief to compete internationally on a level playing-field,” Luciana …

Prime Minister asked again to explain the Tories' u-turn

Prime Minister â??adoresâ?? iPhone title Angry Birds, but does he love the industry behind it?

UKIE and the wider games industry have put a lot of effort into getting a bit of gaming into Government – and the efforts have seemingly been successful with confirmation that the love for video gaming has spread to the very top of UK politics. When not tied up with …

Cameron asked in commons why the initiative was â??poorly targetedâ??

Cross-party support for awards night celebrating the UKâ??s creative industries

A daring and contentious budget speech by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was punctuated with an interesting promise: the UK economy is set to grow at the start of next year. Speaking in the Commons, Darling said that GDP will grow 1.25 per cent by 2010 and climb …