Broadband where do Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems stand?

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AS the parties are set release to their manifestos soon, each has different views on costs and spending.

But when it comes to broadband, where do Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats stand? Here’s what we know.

When it comes to broadband, where do Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats stand?

The Conservatives

Tories warned a state takeover of a high tech business like broadband would end in disaster.

In his victory speech after winning the Conservative leadership race, Boris Johnson said: “Like some slumbering giant, we are going to rise and ping off the guy ropes of self-doubt and negativity, with better education, better infrastructure, more police, fantastic full-fibre broadband sprouting in every household.

“We are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take it forward.”

Key pledges so far have included a 13.8bn increase in spending across all departments by 2021 and a 33.9bn boost for the health budget by 2023-24.

The party says it wants to recruit 6,000 extra GPs and deliver 50 million more appointments a year by 2024-25.

The Conservative Party will soon be launching its manifesto for December’s election

Labour

Jeremy Corbyn will today unveil a new plan to give free broadband to everyone in Britain – costing taxpayers a whopping 60billion.

The Labour leader will pledge to roll out the new state-controlled service over the next 10 years in the biggest offer of his general election campaign yet.

It is the latest ina series of major renationalisation projectsand would require seizing the telecoms service and major infrastructure network currently provided by firms including BTs Openreach, Talk Talk, Virgin and Sky.

The cost of the move was estimated at an eye-watering 56billion, on top of almost 200billion of other nationalisation projects the left-wing leader has already pledged.

The cost of Labours plans to renationalise rail, energy, water and postal services would cost an estimated 196billion, according to Tory analysis.

The Labour leader pledged to roll out the new state-controlled service over the next 10 years

The Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats haven’t released their manifesto yet, but are expected to do so either this or next week.

The Lib Dems haven’t made their stance on broadband known yet, however they have pledged to invest the 50bn they say cancelling Brexit would save in public services and tackling inequality.

Key policies policies include 35 hours per week of free childcare from nine months and the recruitment of 20,000 more teachers as part of a 10bn-a-year investment in schools.

They also wanted to improve access to lifelong learning by making available 10,000 to every adult to be spent on skills and training.

They say they would tackle climate change by insulating all low-income households by 2025, and would aim for the UK to be generating 80 percent of its electricity from renewable by 2030.

They have also reiterated a long-held commitment to achieving parity in the treatment of mental and physical health, and say they’ll invest 11bn in mental health services.

The Liberal Democrats haven’t released their manifesto yet, but are expected to do so either this or next week