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Give 1m UK children reliable broadband or risk harming their education, MPs say

Coronavirus lockdown has ‘exposed digital divide’ with 700,000 unable to complete schoolwork

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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Originally posted in the guardian