UK government bodies are not known for speedy infrastructure installations/upgrades, which is why the UK has always been at the arse end of broadband speeds in Europe (let alone compared to the rest of world).
Sort of true, but comment suggests UK is much worse, which is sort of not true:
Country Mean Mbps
France 120.01
Spain 115.61
Netherlands 113.98
Malta 107.70
Monaco 100.26
Belgium 91.74
Portugal 91.61
Norway 88.80
Sweden 86.76
Germany 72.95
United Kingdom 72.06
Ireland 70.42
Switzerland 63.20
Finland 56.28
Denmark 52.57
Italy 46.77
Austria 45.56