London Mayor announces £10m boost for broadband ‘fibre backbone’ using tube tunnels
London Assembly Member calls on government to ‘crack on’ with roll-out across country by 2025
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Town Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing
Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’
Hackney’s digital divide is worst in capital as council plans online-only services
Town Hall plans to move face-to-face and telephone services online are being frustrated by lack of money, ‘stubborn’ older people and the Olympics
Olympic Park legacy plan threatens Tech City growth, report warns
Thinktank says tech scene around Silicon Roundabout in London now comprises at least 3,200 firms with 48,000 jobs
Hackney residents stuck on wrong side of digital divide
Whilst council estates in some other boroughs enjoy free internet access, here they are not yet benefiting from such innovative broadband schemes
Get older people online, say Hackney Silver Surfers
Over 50s call for free twenty-first century broadband