BT has rolled out its municipal wireless cities programme, providing wi-fi connectivity in outdoor urban areas to Manchester, Belfast and Waltham Forest LBC. The company is also currently installing wi-fi in Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Sheffield, Bristol and Westminster. BT’s networks use council property such as lampposts and civic buildings to install access points which are linked to the Internet.
Two ways to improve local authority finances
The NAO has concluded insufficient action has been taken to address weaknesses in council finances. Teams from TLT LLP consider what councils should do next.
