Political Monitor 27/10/2017

Broadband Which? report on household broadband issues Which? has released the results of their survey on broadband customer satisfaction which found that over half (53%) of respondents had a problem with their broadband in the last year, with slow speeds highlighted...

Political Monitor 20/10/2017

Broadband Applications open for Gigabit Voucher Scheme BDUK has opened applications for the first wave of the LFFN Gigabit Voucher Scheme. The scheme will replace the previous voucher scheme which ran from 2013-15 and will be rolled out as a pilot in Aberdeen and...

Political Monitor 13/10/2017

Broadband Telecommunications infrastructure (Relief from non-domestic rates) Bill The second reading of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill took place in the House of Lords, legislating on the 5 years of business rates relief for newly laid fibre. The...

Political Monitor 06/10/2017

Online Safety Amber Rudd Tightens Government Stance on Online Extremism and Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Home Secretary Amber Rudd has used her speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester to outline a tightening of Government policy regarding online images...

Political Monitor 22/09/2017

Broadband Parliamentary Questions Following the announcement of the 6 areas to be included in the first wave of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme, which includes the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, Ben Lake MP (Plaid) asked Government how the areas were selected...

Political Monitor 15/09/2017

Broadband “The Great British Broadband Boost” The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced that £645m will be clawed back over the current superfast broadband rollout programmes which would now be reinvested in reaching the most remote areas,...