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Culture Secretary Maria Miller, chief of UK broadband policy, has raced to Brussels this morning to have crisis talks with the European Commission's competition boss, Joaquin Almunia, in a move to get state aid clearance for the £530m rollout of broadband networks in rural parts of the UK. The Department for Media, Culture and …

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  1. Flocke Kroes Silver badge

    When is the pay-back?

    Lend £500million of tax payers money to BT for fibre installation. BT rent access to the fibre to tax payers. BT use the rent to pay back the loan - oops, missed out that bit. BT keep the fibre and the rent and never pay back the loan. Lets hope Joaquin Almunia can explain Noddy's Guide to Business to Maria Miller.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    The very definition of corporatism.

    Politician goes to Brussels to ask for some of UK taxpayers' money back, in order to shovel it in to a private company which is a de facto monopoly. The winners - BT, Brussels, Westminster. The losers - Poor Bloody Taxpayer.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    JUST DO IT! Screw brussels.....

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  4. ideapete

    No phone then ( :

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/pint_32.png

    Gotta use the train

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