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From Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries
  • Better mobile and Wi-Fi connectivity for rail passengers

    Government fires starting pistol on an ambitious plan that could see UK’s train passengers benefitting from a dramatic improvement in onboard mobile and Wi-Fi connections.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The next steps towards the 5G Future

    The positioning of the UK as a world leader in the development and deployment of 5G technology has received another boost as the government sets out the next steps of its ambitious plans

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Commercial radio given more freedom on content

    Commercial radio stations will have greater freedom to increase their choice of music genres and respond to the needs of listeners under new rules announced by Digital Minister Matt Hancock today (Monday 18 December).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • BBFC proposed to enforce age verification of online pornography

    The Government has formally proposed that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) be designated as the regulator for the age verification of online pornography in the UK.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Children to be given extra protection online

    The Government has proposed a new statutory power to ensure children’s data in the UK is given an extra level of protection.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Official commemorative note launched to mark the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Most anticipated film of the year honoured with note available exclusively on ebay.co.uk

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government launches review into future telecoms infrastructure investment

    The government has launched a review of the UK’s telecoms markets, to investigate how it can support investment in the world-class connectivity of the future.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Better Broadband Scheme extended for another year

    A scheme designed to help those people struggling with the slowest broadband speeds in the UK has been extended for another year, Digital Minister Matt Hancock announced today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • DCMS launches £190m Gigabit broadband challenge fund

    UK public bodies can now bid for funding from a new £190m programme designed to accelerate the rate at which Full Fibre networks are made available across the UK

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Foothills of the Digital Age

    Minister for Digital's speech at The Times and The Sunday Times Tech Summit 2017

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £21m to boost UK’s world-class tech sector and spread the benefits across the country

    The UK’s world-leading tech sector will go from strength-to-strength after plans unveiled today set out a £21m investment to create a new national network of regional tech hubs in areas across the country, including Belfast,…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government backed scheme helps train two million people in digital skills.

    Over two million people have now benefited from free digital skills training thanks to a partnership between Government and Industry launched just eight months ago, Digital Minister Matt Hancock announced today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New online challenge will test teenagers’ cyber security skills

    The search is now on to inspire the UK’s next generation of cyber security specialists as the Government’s extracurricular training programme Cyber Discovery opens its doors.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Building Inclusivity in Publishing

    The keynote speech by Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Creative Industries, at the London Book Fair's Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference 2017

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The UK and France - A joint approach on digital and cybersecurity

    Digital Minister Matt Hancock's speech in Paris at the Cyber Security: Testing France and the UK’s Digital Defences conference

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Graduate game developers win Government grants

    Some of the UK’s most talented young games developers were today awarded grants that could help take their creations into millions of homes

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Building a full fibre Britain

    Minister for Digital Matt Hancock's speech to the Broadband Stakeholder Group 2017 Conference

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Supercharging the Digital Economy

    Minister for Digital's address to techUK's annual conference

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Insurance in the Digital World

    Minister for Digital Matt Hancock's address to the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) "Insurance in the Digital World" Conference, 2017

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Reforms to boost UK’s digital infrastructure

    People in areas of the UK with poor mobile coverage will soon get a significant boost to their connections thanks to Government action to speed up the rollout of mobile and broadband services.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government