Every new home will be built with an ultrafast broadband connection under reformed housing legislation, the Digital Secretary has announced.

Oliver Dowden said housing regulations will be changed so developers need to ensure that all new units have a "gigabit-capable" connection in order to get permission to start construction.

The Government said it had struck a deal with broadband providers to part-fund the installation of the connections in newbuilds, to at least £500 per unit.

It comes as the Government committed £5 billion to ensure all homes have a gigabit-capable connection, which will be able to provide the high speeds needed for future use, by 2025.

Gigabit-capable internet means connections that can reach speeds of up to 1,000Mbps. Currently, anything over 30Mbps is considered "super fast" and most domestic packages do not offer much above 100Mbps.

Ministers said that one in five newbuilds was still not being constructed with a gigabit-capable connection.