Give 1m UK children reliable broadband or risk harming their education, MPs say
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#54M7R)
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The government must urgently ensure that more than 1 million children have reliable internet access at home or risk irreparable harm to their education, a cross-party group of MPs and former ministers has said.
Tony Blair is among a number of prominent figures, including a Tory grandee, to back calls to equip 1.3 million children eligible for free school meals with a broadband connection and devices.
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