Signal Digital Inclusion Action Plan published

Summary

The government recently published a Digital Inclusion Action Plan setting out first steps towards its aim of ensuring that everyone in the UK is digitally included, whatever their circumstances. The report presents it as a mitigation alongside the Digital Skills Partnership, which raises digital literacy so that more people can use digital services. The backdrop is a digital divide in which 9% of UK families lack essential digital tools and 46% of people over 75 do not use the internet. Older citizens, rural communities and lower-income groups may lose access to important services because they find digital platforms harder to use. The report warns that fast but unequal adoption of technology could deepen socio-economic divides and isolation.