YOUNG people’s futures must not be held back by “government incompetence” Labour warns today, as a “digital poverty” survey suggests that poor students are being left behind. 

University students’ ability to learn during the crisis has been affected by a lack of access to laptops and the internet, a survey released today by the Office for Students (OfS) shows. 

Of 1,416 students surveyed, 52 per cent reported that their learning was impacted by a slow or unreliable internet connection during the lockdown.