MPs slam government for allowing BT rural broadband 'monopoly'

Danny Palmer
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"The government has failed to deliver meaningful competition in the procurement of its £1.2bn rural broadband programme," says Margaret Hodge MP

MPs have criticised the government for effectively handing BT a taxpayer-funded monopoly on rural broadband. The claim, made by Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, chair the Public Accounts Committee, com...

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