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MP’s campaign success as 8,700 homes and businesses in West Dorset to benefit from latest Project Gigabit award

Monday, 22 April, 2024
8,700 households and businesses in West Dorset will benefit from ultrafast full fibre broadband following the latest Project Gigabit procurement contract. Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the announcement as a campaign success for rural residents.
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West Dorset's MP and Stoke Abbott villagers push for broadband improvements

Monday, 12 February, 2024
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has today featured in a Daily Express exclusive interview. Mr Loder said he was “serious” about calling for urgent solutions for his constituents.  Mr Loder said: “We are serious about this.
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West Dorset MP’s focus on progressing broadband connectivity rollout

Thursday, 11 January, 2024
Chris Loder MP met with Wessex Internet on the 11th January in a demonstration of his determination to progress the rollout of broadband connectivity in West Dorset.
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Views from Eggardon Hill protected after MP’s pressure to Telecoms giant

Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
West Dorset’s MP Chris Loder has succeeded in stopping almost 20 telegraph poles from being constructed over land within Dorset’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounding Eggardon Hill near West Compton and Askerswell. The poles were expected to be erected on the 17th November by telecommunic

West Dorset’s MP blasts Vodafone over ‘unreflective mobile coverage’

Thursday, 14 December, 2023
Chris Loder MP has blasted Vodafone over its ‘unreflective mobile coverage’ of West Dorset. The local MP criticised the telecommunication company’s coverage map, which displays an unreflective view of areas of West Dorset as receiving 3G and 4G mobile data.

MP scrutinises broadband providers’ plans for West Dorset in debate

Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, scrutinised the plans of local broadband providers in a Westminster Hall debate on the 13th December.
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MP hails Media Bill as moment to ensure ‘better coverage for West Dorset’

Friday, 8 December, 2023
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the introduction of the Media Bill to Parliament, which will enshrine into law modernised mission statements for public service broadcasters and the requirement to better represent audiences across the UK.

Chris Loder MP welcomes £3.6 million for pioneering connectivity Research and Development in Dorset

Friday, 15 September, 2023
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the news that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have awarded Dorset Council £3.6 million as part of its Open Networks Ecosystem programme.
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MP welcomes Wessex Internet broadband rollout in villages near Sherborne

Sunday, 3 September, 2023
Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the news that Wessex Internet is rolling-out full-fibre broadband to over 600 properties near Sherborne.

MP hails potential £43.2 million contract for Project Gigabit procurement

Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
Chris Loder MP has hailed the news that his West Dorset constituency is set to benefit from up to one-third of an estimated £43.2 million contract as part of the latest Project Gigabit procurement phase.
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