Free laptops and broadband for 270,000 families across the country in ground-breaking scheme

- Research shows pupils could improve by two grades at GCSE with a computer at home –

- Unemployed parents say having the internet has helped them apply for jobs and get better skills -

The Government have announced the national roll out of a ground-breaking scheme to give 270,000 low income families a free computer and free broadband access, under a major drive to close the digital and educational divide between rich and poor and help keep parents in touch with their child’s progress.

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Thursday 14 January 2010 - 2:02 pm

[...] the Tories version with the one carried today on this website Free laptops and broadband for 270,000 families across the country in ground-breaking scheme.  The issue is about free computers and broadband access being available and putting that [...]

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Thursday 14 January 2010 - 10:53 pm

[...] the Tories version with the one carried today on this website Free laptops and broadband for 270,000 families across the country in ground-breaking scheme.  The issue is about free computers and broadband access being available and putting that [...]



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