Britain’s Digital Inclusion Champion, Martha Lane Fox has been seen widely in the press this week highlighting the importance of internet access and skills, particularly to the Country’s poorest households . The BBC website has video of an interview conducted with HardTalk, and she has also spoken to the Today programme on Radio 4, the Telegraph and the Guardian.
A recently published report, commissioned by the Digital Inclusion Taskforce, suggests that up to 10million adults in the UK have never been online, and that by using the internet to buy smarter these people could save between £270 and £560 a year. As well as saving money the report also claims that workers with internet skills can increase their lifetime earnings by £8000. In order to achieve some of these benefits Ms Lane Fox is proposing to establish a network of individuals prepared to receive online training and pass on the technical skills which they learn to other people in their community.
The full report is available on the Race Online 2012 website.
