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The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt standing in the House of Commons has said that Project Gigabit as a key infrastructure investment is not going to see funding cut.

Project Gigabit in terms of contracts for distinct areas of the UK has so far only signed three contracts and with talk of big spending cuts in the Autumn Statement might we see the £1.2 billion available being reduced.

The fly by night people that offer to tarmac your drive seem to be out in force, and are borrowing names of companies legitimately working in an area to gain peoples confidence.

In a letter to members the CWU has indicated that it is in discussions with BT and further meetings are being setup.

We are in the eighth day of CWU strike action affecting the BT Group and no signs of any resolution.

For years the cost of running your broadband hardware at home was relatively small and the knock on effects of from dynamic line management meant leaving it on 24/7 was the best advice.

With no changes to the pay deal and BT saying they've made the best pay award they can already the UK is now set to see CWU members working in BT or Openreach strike on 30th and 31st August.

The monthly cost of broadband is small compared to the average electricity and gas prices but with a the pressures on household budgets now would be the time to drop VAT on broadband from 20% to 5%.

Dates are now set for when some 40,000 staff who belong to the Communication Workers union will strike as BT sticks to its guns saying the pay rise earlier in 2022 was its best pay offer.

The results of three ballots covering BT, EE and Openreach were announced at 4pm today.