By Ben King, 3 July 2002 15:00
NEWS The next government spending plan will feature a major cash boost for broadband content, according to Ecommerce Minister Stephen Timms. Speaking to silicon.com, he said: "Next month Gordon Brown will announce [spending plans] for the next financial year. At that point we will know how much is going to be invested in public services through the next four years. "Now there is no doubt at all that there will as part of that settlement be very significant sums going into broadband." The government is planning to invest in broadband-based internet content, he said, expanding on plans already divulged by the NHS. "We know already what the health service's plans are because they were in the budget and they have made it clear that they are going to be putting a high priority on networking. "And we will be seeing something along those lines for the other public services, for schools for example and amongst local authorities. So there are going to be substantial sums invested in that."
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