Metronet costs taxpayers Â£1.7bn
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The Government will give Â£1.7bn to London Underground to cover the failure of private maintenance firm Metronet.
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BT is lifting distance limits on broadband enabled exchanges, so that 1m more can get high-speed net.
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The final cost of tracking down two murder suspects may exceed Â£1.5m.
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British telecom giant BT Group will spend Â£14 million ($27 million) over the next seven years on a new south London datacenter to strengthen its hosting and management services, the company said Thursday.
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Metronet, the firm which maintains most of the London Underground, calls in the administrators after suffering serious financial problems.
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Business & money: The government may need to come up with an extra Â£1bn to fund a massive redundancy programme to help the Royal Mail out of its crisis.
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Broadband has out-stripped unmetered connections in the UK for the first time, official figures show.
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And then there were two The UK government is spending Â£208m per year on running websites but many of them are text heavy and crammed with policy information that citizens couldnât give a monkeyâs about.â¦
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France&#39;s largest media group, Vivendi Universal, yesterday revealed that first-half net losses had nearly trebled to â¬1.86bn (Â£1.
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The decision not to call general election leaves cash-strapped party with Â£1m bill after it spent five times as much as Tories on preparations.
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Households have paid Â£1,500 more in cumulative council tax rises since Labour took office, Tories say.
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The government may take steps to ensure the UK has the infrastructure necessary for super-fast broadband.
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The MoD is criticised over spending costs which  soared by Â£1.7bn over the past year, amid growing project delays.
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could top Â£18.6bn - three times the declared figure, according to reports.
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MPs appeal for understanding after figures are released showing they claimed an average of Â£118,000 last year.
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An attempt to merge police forces in the east of England cost more than Â£1m, the BBC learns.
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The networkâs charge for access to content over the Internet has been troubling.