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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Essential services websites in UK ‘should be accessible to all’

Gov.uk website on an iPad
The Digital Poverty Alliance, a coalition of charities, is calling for greater help for an estimated 11 million UK citizens lacking digital life skills. Photograph: M4OS Photos/Alamy

The design of websites and apps vital for daily tasks, from car parking to booking NHS appointments, should be regulated to prevent digital exclusion among millions of people struggling with life online, campaigners say.

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA), a coalition of charities, is calling for greater help for an estimated 11 million UK citizens lacking digital life skills and believes “basic, inclusive design requirements must be enforced for all essential services”.

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