Labours Pledge4 Jul 2024 15:16
7. Provide free full fibre broadband to every business premises
94% of small business owners rate a reliable broadband connection as critical to the success of their business and the
CBI says that over 90% of businesses believe that digital technologies are a crucial driver of increased productivity.
Labour will provide free full fibre broadband to every business and household by 2030. We will roll out the remaining 90% of the full-fibre network across the country and acquire the necessary access rights to those parts already in place. This network will be publicly owned and co-ordinated through a new public provider, British Broadband, formed by bringing relevant parts of BT into public ownership.
8. Give businesses more flexibility over