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,...

Political Monitor 08/09/2017

Broadband Telecoms Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill The Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill was approved by the Commons and moves to the House of Lords for scrutiny. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,...

Political Monitor 01/09/2017

Broadband New Fibre Business Rates Relief Consultation The Government has published a consultation on draft regulations for their 5-year business rate relief proposals. The Government proposes that the rate relief will only apply to “new fibre” which was not already...