UK phone tax, regional news plans dropped from bill (Reuters)

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Reuters - An unpopular plan to tax British fixed-line phone users to help roll-out a high-speed broadband network and other controversial proposals have been dropped in the final push to get the Digital Economy bill passed into law.

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