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• Eight consortia have been successful in the first phase of the selection process for Independently Funded News Consortia pilots. [14 January 2010]
  
  
• Government response to consultation on the proposed new duties for Ofcom on resilience: secondary information. [8 January 2010]
  
  
• The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a consultation on a proposals for a Next Generation Fund. [7 January 2010]
  
  
• The Goverment has published an Digital Britain Implementation update. [16 December 2009]
  
  
• A fast track Bill to restore public protections around the supply and classification of age-rated films and video games has been published. [15 December 2009]
  
  
• The HM Treasury has launched a consultation on draft legislation and impacts in implementing a Landline Duty to help fund the roll-out of Next Generation Access to 90 per cent of Britain by 2017. [21 December 2009]
  
  
• Independently Funded News Consortia (IFNCs) pilot project  [26 November 2009]
  
  
• The Digital Economy Bill, sets out Government plans to ensure the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. Also available YouTube footage of Minister for Digital Britain, Stephen Timms, outlines the key themes of the Digital Economy Bill. [20 November 2009]
  
  
• Government response to 'Delivering Digital Inclusion- An Action Plan for Consultation' has been published.  [16 November 2009]

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• Government response to the consultation on sustainable independent and impartial news in the nations, locally and in the regions has been published.  [16 November 2009]
  
  
  
• The final report ‘Digital Britain: Attitudes to supporting non-BBC regional news from the TV licence fee’ is now available. [9 November 2009]
  

• Consumer Expert Group report into the use of the Internet by disabled people: barriers and solutions has been published. [14 October 2009]
  

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Digital Economy Bill      
[20 November 2009]

A users guide to Digital Britain
[16 June 2009]

Digital Britain Summit
[17 April 2009]