Digital poverty is creating a two-tier society says charity
It come as new research found over 10% of children from low income families have no internet access at home
As the summer holidays begin in Kent, a charity has told us the two-tier society created by digital poverty must end.
It come as new research found over 10% of children from low income families have no internet access at home, with over half of them struggling to access devices.
Elizabeth Anderson, from Longfield, is the CEO of Digital Poverty Alliance, she said: "This is really worrying parents.
"They have these new digital costs they have to provide for their child and it means there are people making decisions on whether they feed their children or buy them a a new laptop"
"To think to there are children who are held back from things they may want to go a do purely because their parents can't afford to have WIFI or a computer in their house,.
"That's incredibly sad, and we can't have a two tier society where people are held back like that."