BRIDGWATER and West Somerset MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has applauded a new campaign aimed at extending super-fast broadband to more of the country – and the countryside in particular.

It’s been launched by the consumer magazine Which? under the banner of ‘Fix Bad Broadband’.

And Mr Liddell-Grainger, Conservative member for Bridgwater and West Somerset, said he was ‘really thrilled’ to be supporting it when he attended the inauguration this week.

“I am one of many MPs in rural areas who know what a lousy broadband deal so many families are still getting – and how worthless that makes many of the claims the service providers continue to make for the coverage they provide,” he said.

“Unfortunately the way the telecommunications industry is structured makes it very difficult to hold anyone’s feet to the fire.

“The situation really needs a well-coordinated national campaign to highlight not only the difference between urban and rural serve provision but how clunkingly slow broadband speeds are acting like a sheet anchor on thousands of rural businesses.

“Which? has a most impressive track record of campaign successes and I have every confidence it will soon be notching up another.”