Category Archives: internet

Pot of gold! Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire receive £60m for roads, rail, education and broadband improvements

July 7, 2014   Carers, charities, family, Featured Article, health, internet

Proposals would see 95 per cent of homes in Norfolk and Suffolk covered by broadband.

Monday, July 7, 2014
11:25 AM

Better broadband, new roads and college buildings will be built in Norfolk and Suffolk amid a multi-million diversion of government funds which the prime minister claims will create “real change” in the region.

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Plan to force elderly to use internet to access Government services is a breach of ‘OAP human rights’

June 25, 2014   Carers, internet, Older care

 Do you believe one-off computer courses would be enough for you to feel comfortable accessing services online?

By Grimsby Telegraph  |  Posted: June 24, 2014

LEARNING: Do you believe one-off computer courses would be enough for you to feel comfortable accessing services online?

 A PENSIONER from Grimsby says it is “disgusting” that many Government services will soon only be available online.

Barbara Cowper, 79, says cabinet office minister Francis Maude’s opinion that older people must start using the internet to access public services is a breach of “OAP human rights”.

The Government says millions of pounds can be saved by moving services so that they are solely online and that getting to grips with the interest is a “better thing for people’s lives”.

But Mrs Cowper, who is a retired secretary and knows how to use a computer, disagrees.

She said: “It is infuriating that older people are being given no say over whether they actually want to use the internet or not.

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Go on the internet – or lose access to government services, Francis Maude tells pensioners

June 11, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, internet, Older care
Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, said: ‘Everything that can be delivered online, should be delivered online and only online.‘ Photo: Rii Schroer

By , Senior Political Correspondent

3:51PM BST 10 Jun 2014

Elderly people will have to have to go on to the internet or risk losing access to key government services, Francis Maude has said

Elderly people will have to have to go on online or risk losing access to key government services, Francis Maude has said

The Cabinet Office minister said in the future most public services would only be available on the internet “because we think that is a better thing for people’s lives”.

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