Press & PR

UK politicians are failing to adopt new technologies to stay connected with their constituents, a new study claims.

Robert Colville's Politics, Policy and the Internet report argues that MPs must adopt broadband technologies to reflect the usage habits of UK citizens.

Major UK political parties need to learn how to use internet tools to attract and relate to members of the public or risk becoming alienated as a growing number of people become dependent on internet services.

Most importantly he argues, the internet is enabling people to demand greater, more immediate access to information.

"The individual and not the state will be the master in the digital age," Mr Colville argues.

He also asserts in the Telegraph that an ever-growing number of people are using the internet to communicate - via instant messaging programs and VoIP for example - instead of using conventional phone services.

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