With the budget cuts looming in the United Kingdom, it is interesting to look at the future of both wide-scale broadband policy and the possible changes to public media institutions there. On Oct. 20, the Westminster Parliament announced the first of several budget cuts in its Comprehensive Spending Review, totaling to £81 billion ($128 billion) that affects nearly every aspect of public spending except for education and public health. (For an in-depth look at the recent budget cuts in the United Kingdom, please see the BBC’s breakdown by Ministry.) As George Osbourne, the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated while announcing the cuts, “Today is the day that Britain steps back from the brink.”
