PM urged to address digital divide among pupils

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Nearly nine per cent of UK children lack home access to a desktop, laptop, or tablet, and almost 1 million rely on a mobile connection

Senior public figures in the UK have written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to help hundreds of thousands of students on 'the wrong side of the digital divide', by providing t...

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