Government's £5bn Project Gigabit fund to upgrade internet speed for 1.85 million premises

The government has announced the regions in which up to 1.85m premises in England will see their broadband speeds increased through infrastructure upgrades by the year 2025.

The investment is coming as part of a £5bn package for what the government has called Project Gigabit "to upgrade digital infrastructure in hard-to-reach areas".

It also forms part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's focus on firing up "high-growth sectors such as tech and the creative industries" as well as "accelerate the country's recovery from COVID-19".

The areas chosen by the government have been selected so they don't clash with investments already planned by telecoms companies.