Political Monitor 06/03/2020

Broadband   DCMS Committee inquiry into Broadband and the road to 5G MPs have launched an inquiry into Broadband and the road to 5G to examine the Government’s pledge to get gigabit-capable broadband into every home and business in the UK by 2025. The inquiry is...

Political Monitor 28/02/2020

Broadband Written questions on broadband rollout and geographical coverage Matt Warman, Minister for Digital Infrastructure, answered questions from Chris Elmore MP (Lab), Martyn Day MP (SNP) and Richard Fuller MP (Con) stating that it was the Government’s ambition to...

Political Monitor 21/02/2020

DCMS Ministerial Responsibilities Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Digital and Culture: Online Harms and Security Digital and Tech Policy including Digital Skills Creative Industries Arts and Libraries Museums and Cultural Property Festival of Britain John...

Political Monitor 14/02/2020

Cabinet Reshuffle Boris Johnson held his first major reshuffle of cabinet which saw a number of significant changes. Rishi Sunak has become the new Chancellor whilst Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove, Liz Truss, Matt Hancock, Gavin Williamson and Jacob Rees-Mogg...

Political Monitor 07/02/2020

Broadband Governments response to the consultation on Street Manager and updates to permit schemes. Following a consultation on Street manager and street works permit scheme changes, the Department for Transport (DfT) has responded to the results of the 10 questions...

Political Monitor 31/01/2020

Cyber Security Government make decision on access for “high risk vendors” The Government published their decision on the future access of Huawei to the 5G and full fibre networks allowing the vendor to supply to non-core parts of the network. The plans, announced...