Here come the downvotes but I've said it before and will say it again, free internet for everyone is not a good way of spending money.

I support faster speed and guaranteed internet access for everyone in the UK, I just don't think it should be free. I fall into the lower class / living in poverty and grew up on a council estate, so this isn't some form of middle class, I can afford it, type of bias here.

I just think there's a million other things I would rather have than free broadband. I appreciate it's becoming an essential utility to have with banking, benefits and what not all moving from brick and mortar stores to online.

That being said, people can still utilise libraries, cafes or other public services that offer free broadband access. Money is not infinite and the answer can't be tax higher earners more and more either, in the end we'll be taxing them so much what will be the point in carrying on working? I'm not talking about billionaires here, there was talk of taxing people 50% on earning over 100k that just seems so extreme to me that the government can take away half of someone's income better to ask your employer to keep you at 90k as opposed to going over.

I feel utilities such as gas and electric are more vital than internet, people don't die through having no internet yet so many die every year through not being able to afford to heat their own homes. I'd rather the money be spent on nationalising energy companies and either giving us free or massively reduced energy.

I do think everyone should be able to have access to the internet, there are too many rural areas that have little to no access, this should be changed, we're also falling behind most countries when it comes to the speed we get as well. I just don't think free internet is essential when there's so many other 'bigger' issues that need tackling first like energy, prescriptions, education all of which are more important and would be more valuable if they were free.