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UK govt to target rural broadband scheme at northern 'Red Wall' areas - report

Thursday 18 March 2021 | 10:11 CET | News
The UK government will target so called 'Red Wall' Conservative (Tory) constituencies in northern England with its GBP 5 billion gigabit rural broadband programme, reports The Telegraph.

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