Political Monitor 24/01/2020

Broadband Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill Debate The Telecoms Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill was read for a second time this week, introduced by Digital Minister, Matt Warman MP. At a high level, the debate focussed on many...

Political Monitor 17/01/2020

Broadband Questions to the PM on Broadband Following questions form Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Con) and Andrew Griffith MP (Con) the Prime Minister reemphasised the Government commitment to put £5bn into the roll-out of gigabit broadband with a roll-out deadline...

Political Monitor 10/01/2020

Broadband Parliamentary Question on Broadband connections in rural communities Responding to a question by Mark Menzies MP (Con) asking what fiscal steps were being taken to improve broadband connections in rural communities, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi...

Political Monitor 20/12/2019

General Election and ministerial positions Last week the Conservatives secured an 80-seat majority in the General Election. There have be no major changes to Mr Johnson’s cabinet as, despite stepping down as an MP, Nicky Morgan retains her position as DCMS secretary...

Political Monitor 29/11/2019

Conservative Party Manifesto Boris Johnson announced the Conservative Party manifesto on Sunday in Telford, a marginal Conservative-held seat. The manifesto was noticeably short, consisting of just 64 pages (compared to Labour’s 107). General pledges included the...

ISPA Party Policy Comparison

Download (PDF, Unknown) With all the parties now having published their manifestos ahead of the General Election next month, we have been through those published by the four largest parties Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SNP) and collated the pledges most...