Chris Bryant MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, commenting on the government’s failure on broadband roll-out said:

“The Autumn Statement keeps on unravelling. Now we’ve found out that the £40 million for broadband vouchers is just recycled money. The Tories and Lib Dems are trying to trick the public.

“This programme was supposed to be finished next year, but it’s gone so slowly that they’re dragging it out for another one. They’re only 13 per cent of the way through the programme’s budget. This roll-out is slower than rural broadband.”