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Fast, reliable broadband for local homes and businesses is not a luxury, it is essential. It is a necessity for our ever-growing businesses and for those in isolated villages to remain connected. Poor broadband has been an issue that has plagued West Oxfordshire for many years, with disparate levels of service across our area.

I have campaigned ceaselessly on this issue, raising it repeatedly with the Digital Minister. I am therefore delighted to welcome the announcement that West Oxfordshire District Council, in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, will be able to connect more than 4,600 homes and businesses to ultrafast full fibre broadband by the end of this year right across West Oxfordshire - showing just what a strong local team can achieve.

We’ve made some real progress on this issue, but we must keep up the pressure on BT, Broadband Delivery UK and all levels of government to secure full superfast broadband across West Oxfordshire. That means continuing the roll-out of high speed broadband for all homes, including those in hard-to-reach rural areas.

Find out more information about when full fibre broadband is coming to your area here.

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Robert Celebrates Green Light for £1 Billion ‘Shared Rural Network’ Deal to Improve Rural Mobile Coverage

Monday, 9 March, 2020

Robert is delighted that a scheme to extend mobile coverage in hard-to-reach rural areas making poor mobile phone coverage a thing of the past has been given the green light, thanks to a major new deal between the Government and UK mobile network operators.

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Robert Welcomes £5 Billion Gigabit Broadband Investment

Friday, 14 February, 2020

Robert said: "This Government is investing £5 billion to rollout gigabit broadband across the country, with funding targetted at the hardest to reach rural areas. We want everyone in the UK to benefit from world-class connectivity no matter where they live, work or travel.

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£1 Billion Deal Set to Solve Poor Mobile Coverage Thanks to Robert's Campaign

Friday, 25 October, 2019

Robert, who led calls for a Shared Rural Network to extend mobile rural coverage to hard-to-reach areas, says a new deal between Government and the phone industry will mean that poor mobile coverage in parts of West Oxfordshire and elsewhere will be a thing of the past.

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Robert Welcomes Government Action to Improve Rural Broadband

Wednesday, 28 August, 2019

Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan has launched a £30 million UK-wide competition to spark a tech revolution in countryside communities and help rural Britain seize the opportunities of 5G technology.

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Broadband & Mobile Signal Survey

Thursday, 25 April, 2019

We have made great strides recently to improve broadband connectivity in West Oxfordshire - but we still have work to do.

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Robert Joins Colleagues in Calling for Better Mobile Coverage in Rural Areas

Friday, 29 March, 2019

Robert said: "Pleased to join with colleagues to write to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright, to ask the Government to make it a requirement that network operators enable roaming between providers to improve mobile coverage in rural areas.

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Robert Meets with Openreach to Discuss Broadband in New-Build Homes

Wednesday, 20 March, 2019

Robert said: "Great to catch up with Openreach to discuss how we can improve digital connectivity across West Oxfordshire.

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Robert Attends Rural Vulnerability Day

Monday, 11 February, 2019

Robert has attended Rural Vulnerability Day and picked up a copy of a report on rural services. 

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Robert's 2018 Highlights in 60 Seconds

Tuesday, 1 January, 2019

2018 was a very busy year indeed with much to celebrate both locally and nationally. Here are just some of my highlights from last year - in 60 seconds!

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Robert asks Ministers for potholes to be fixed whilst broadband is being installed in our roads

Thursday, 6 September, 2018

Robert said, "It is fantastic that in West Oxfordshire superfast broadband is being rolled out.

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