Prime Minister Gordan Brown has promised free laptops and broadband access to over a quarter of a million UK households to help children from deprived families with their exams.

He is reported to have said ‘ We want every family to become a broadband family, and we want every home linked to a school. For those finding it difficult to afford this, today I can announce the nationwide roll out of our home access programme to get laptops and broadband at home for 270,000 homes’

The Government has been considering this scheme for years and the £300 million  home access project was started by Mr Brown in 2008. The scheme has been piloted in Oldham and Suffolk and it is hoped that it will provide a link for parents to access their childrens school reports.

The National rollout will be considered a huge step in the right direction. 

It is believed that Microsoft have contributed to the scheme although it is not known just how much cash they have invested. 

Internet provider Talk Talk has issued a statement against the idea which says that the scheme shows deeply muddled thinking. They believe this latest announcement demonstrates an inconsistancy because of the Governments proposal to introduce the 50p digital tax on land line users.