Councillors and employees working at the Milton Keynes Council (MKC) were left feeling very embarrassed and practically disorganised this week after it emerged that their internet access had been cut by UK ISP TalkTalk over an unpaid bill dispute.

According to the Milton Keynes Citizen, it was the third time in 15 months that such action had taken place but for once it wasn't TalkTalk's fault. An investigation is underway, although the finger of blame has already been pointed towards the council's finance department.


Few people would describe councils as being pillars of good financial organisation and we suspect that even fewer will do that now. Hopefully they don't suffer a similar problem with their forthcoming Broadband Plans.