Ministers should launch a low-cost broadband tariff for the poorest families to help bridge Britain's digital divide, MPs will be told this week.
Industry regulator Ofcom should create a special rate for low-income households – including homes with children on free school meals, according to Commons Business Select Committee chairman Darren Jones.
He says the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted unfairness in the system, with kids from well-off families able to log on for remote school lessons but children from poorer households often priced-out of lessons in lockdown because of expensive internet deals.
He will bid to change the system using a parliamentary Ten-Minute Rule Bill on Wednesday – a move backed by three former Culture
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