Tories May Lose Election In Broadband Deprived Counties
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Data released by research company Point Topic has indicated that the Conservative Party stands to lose votes from its rural constituencies as they will be the last to get broadband internet if the Conservatives scrap the 50 pence per month tax on landlines scheme when they come to power. The 50 pence per month tax on landlines scheme has been devised by the existing Labour government in order to fund the rural roll-out of internet across Britain, in an attempt to bridge...
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