Millions in UK are being left behind as world moves online, say peers

The Lords communications and digital committee wants a new digital strategy to help people gain digital skills. Photograph: Roman Lacheev/Alamy

The government is failing millions of digitally excluded citizens who do not have the means, money or ability to go online, a House of Lords committee has said.

Ministers do not have a credible strategy to tackle digital exclusion and are allowing “millions of citizens to fall behind”, according to a report by the Lords communications and digital committee.