They’re paying our costs

In August, we launched a legal challenge against the East of England Broadband Network (E2BN)’s surprising award of a £70 billion framework agreement for Net Zero procurement to Place Group, a tiny company based in Cornwall.

Then, at the end of October, in response to our legal action, E2BN pulled the multi-billion-pound framework agreement with Place Group – and, as a result, it was no longer necessary to proceed with the case.

Now, the final details of the case have been sewn up. We have received the consent order confirming that the case has been withdrawn and that E2BN will pay £10,000 of our costs.

This is a victory for transparency in the fight for Net Zero. We cannot allow the most important struggle of our time – the fight against climate catastrophe – to be exploited and encumbered with opaque deals and shady contracts.