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UK PM slammed for printing Digital Britain report

UK PM slammed for printing Digital Britain report
by William Mitting
Jul 1, 2009
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British MP Dan Rogerson has hit out at the printing costs of the Digital Britain report, which he is quoted in local news sources as claiming to be £28,000 (A$57,000).

In a story on the Business Cornwall website, Rogerson, the member for North Cornwall, said that 3500 copies were ordered from The Stationery Office by Parliament at a cost of £8 per copy.

Rogerson said: "Taxpayers are bound to ask why it’s necessary to spend so much printing a report that should be about having less paper in our lives, not more."

He accused prime minister Gordon Brown (pictured) of "clunking into the digital age with another blunder".

The Digital Britain report, which was released earlier this month, set out the government's "strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy".


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