Internet: Leeds leads drive to ensure 'no one left behind' in cost of living crisis
More than two million households in the UK struggle to afford the internet, according to Good Things Foundation
More than two million households in the UK struggle to afford the internet, according to the Sheffield-based charity Good Things Foundation.Mekdes Felke, 36, from Harehills, in Leeds said she would be unemployed if local organisations had not stepped in to help. It has called on the government to treat digital exclusion as a "social issue" and do more to prevent widening inequality.
"We know that if you have a lower income you're much less likely to be online than somebody with a higher income, and that has a range of knock-on effects," she said.Thousands of people in Yorkshire are classed as being "digitally excluded" and Leeds health and council bosses are at the forefront of trying to help.
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