Grand statements from the Tory party this week, when Jeremy Hunt, the Shadow Culture Secretary, announced the new policy to merge English Heritage with the Heritage Lottery Fund. But hang on, haven’t we heard that somewhere before? Full Article at Times Online

Talking of spies (Karzai's brother, Castro's sister), Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of M16 who now runs an Oxbridge college, occasionally tells of the Friday night he flew to New York at taxpayers' expense on Concorde, such was the urgency of his... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

James Blunt, who wrote to Lord Mandelson on the vexed subject of internet piracy, called the internet service providers “drug pushers” in an e-mail that the minister saw fit to publish this week. Full Article at Times Online

While the Secretary of State may be one of Parliament's few doers, the much-anticipated proposals are not clear enough and do not come soon enough to ensure the Government's targeted 70pc crackdown on illegal pirates. Full Article at The Telegraph

It is estimated that more than two million people in rural areas have inadequate broadband Photo: GETTY It is estimated that more than two million people in rural areas have inadequate broadband Photo: GETTY The Government’s Digital Britain... Full Article at The Telegraph

Who would have thought that Labour and the Conservatives would form an unholy alliance to abolish such a social menace as – the BBC Trust? Full Article at The Independent

Already reeling from accusations of bias and threats of cuts from Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the BBC was yesterday slapped down again by his Conservative counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, who pledged to scrap its... Full Article at The Independent

The Tories do not say where funding for broadband in rural areas will be found Jeremy Hunt says a Conservative government would scrap 50p charge A Conservative government would scrap the proposed 50p 'broadband tax', according to the shadow culture... Full Article at VNUNet.com

Two of the main proposals in the Government's Digital Britain Bill concerning broadband rollout and sharing the BBC licence fee with other broadcasters would also be reversed, according to Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary. Full Article at The Telegraph

A Conservative government would scrap the planned 50 pence per month tax on every landline - which the current government plans to use to subsidise faster broadband in rural regions - "as soon as possible", according to the shadow culture secretary... Full Article at The Register

Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the “failed” BBC Trust could well be “ripped up” if the Conservatives were to win power in the next election. Full Article at Music Week

Some part of the UK do still not have good broadband access Any Conservative government would ditch tax "as soon as possible" if it won a May election A Conservative government would scrap the mandatory 50p a month tax on phone lines proposed in... Full Article at VNUNet.com

Dismay for David Cameron as Vaclav Klaus relents on Lisbon treaty "The last man resisting the European Union’s Lisbon treaty indicated yesterday that he was ready to relent, admitting that he could not stall long enough to give David Cameron the... Full Article at ConservativeHome

LONDON - Shadow media secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the Conservatives would scrap Labour plans for a broadband tax and reverse a decision to make the BBC share £130m worth of licence fee to support local news services if they were to be voted... Full Article at Brand Republic

The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said the Conservatives would abolish the "failed" BBC Trust and is considering ripping up the corporation's royal charter. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Mr Hunt said that his party would abolish the intended 50p a month tax on telephone lines to provide £175m a year towards broadband for all UK homes "as soon as possible" after the election. Full Article at The Telegraph

A Conservative government could "rip up" the BBC's royal charter, the shadow culture secretary has suggested. The current royal charter allowing the BBC's licence fee expires in 2015. Full Article at BBC News

Jeremy Hunt, the Conservatives' media spokesman, recently accused the BBC of bias against the Tories, and bizarrely called on the corporation to hire more Conservative-inclined reporters. Full Article at The Independent

Opportunistic politicians should remember the BBC is a public-service, not a state, broadcaster The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, thinks what's wrong with the Beeb is that there are too few Conservatives running bits of it. Full Article at New Statesman