Call for Scrapping 50p UK Broadband Levy

The 50 pence broadband tax proposed by the Labour government of the United Kingdom is getting more and more controversial with passing days. Recently a UK-based thinktank has come up with a research report based on which it has called for the scrapping of the broadband tax proposed by the government.

According to the argument of Policy Exchange, the agency that has come up with the research report, there was a better alternative to the 50p broadband levy that would be slapped on every fixed-phone lines in the United Kingdom.

The thinktank has called for the establishment of a fresh division for public access, which would spend GBP 300 million to see that a large number of community centres, post offices and libraries are digitally fortified by the creation of broadband internet hubs in them.

This division, according to the popular news portal of the UK the Telegraph, would be bestowed with the responsibility for setting up digital projects, besides assuming general standards across the internet system of broadband UK, which includes the protection of minors vulnerable to exploitation in the online environment.

Policy Exchange meanwhile, do not bet on the present government’s tenure as a favourable environment for its plans to be considered, although it hopes that a change in government brought about by the upcoming election could materialise the changes conceived by it.