Millions in UK are being left behind as world moves online, say peers

The government is failing millions of digitally excluded citizens who do not have the means, money or ability to go online, a House of Lords committee has said.

Ministers do not have a credible strategy to tackle digital exclusion and are allowing “millions of citizens to fall behind”, according to a report by the Lords communications and digital committee.

Statistics flagged by the report include that

have no broadband or mobile internet access at home; up to 1 million…