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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Aine Fox

EXPLAINED: Most deprived areas being left in broadband slow lane says lga - The Real Truth

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Deprived areas of England have less access to the fastest broadband despite relying more heavily on internet usage, a new report has found.

The Local Government Association is calling for a digital exclusion minister to be appointed, in order to come up with a new strategy to close a gap which it said has left some areas in the “broadband slow lane”.

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