Political Monitor 11/07/2014

Broadband Government announces Growth Deals to help boost local economies, including extra broadband funding The Government has announced the first instalment of plans to invest £1.2 billion in local economies in a series of “Growth Deals”. The money includes an...

Political Monitor 04/07/2014

Broadband Government targets 100% superfast coverage with existing funds Of particular interest is Vaizey’s answer to a question on the roll-out of superfast broadband in areas on the edge of urban centres. In his response he indicated that the money which has been...

Political Monitor 27/06/2014

Broadband Parliamentary Questions The Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP confirmed that the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17 would, with match funding, be  used to enable superfast broadband coverage to be extended to 95% of premises by...

Political Monitor 20/06/2014

Broadband Government responds to Rural Broadband Programme The Government has published a response to the Public Accounts Committee’s Rural Broadband after the Committee submitted its report in April. The report made recommendations on post code data and rollout...

Political Monitor 13/06/2014

Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to a parliamentary question, the Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, explained that the Government supports an open internet and believes that the self-regulation is the best approach to achieve this. He also explained...

Political Monitor 06/06/2014

Broadband Wales – Digital Economy debate A debate on the digital economy was held in the Welsh Assembly, key topics were connectivity, rural broadband and digital inclusion. Paul Davies AM’s motion proposed that the National Assembly for Wales: Recognises the...