The Shadow Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that if the Torries get in then they would scrap plans for the 50p per month “broadband tax” that is set to be charged to all land line telephones.
The £6 per year tax is to help fund next-generation fibre broadband in the UK but many believe that the £175 million it would raise per year is no way near enough.
If Labour do manage to rush through with their plans for the broadband tax that were detailed in the Digital Britain Report before the next general election (that the Conservative Party are favourite to win) then it would make it more difficult for the Tories to have this proposal stopped.