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14:06 9th December 2009
The government is investing £30 million in its UK online centres, based around the country, which are designed to help people improve their IT skills and encourage more people to use the internet.
It is hoped that the initiative will result in one million more people getting online over the next five years, the BBC reports, as ministers look to make savings by delivering more services via the internet.
The investment will help the online centres to provide more IT training and reach out to a greater number of people who do not currently have access to the internet at home.
Speaking at the Royal Society of Arts, the BBC reports prime minister Gordon Brown as saying: "Our aim is - within the next five years - to shift the great majority of our transactional services to become online only."
He continued that the initiative has the potential to save billions in the future, with up to £400 million being saved in just the first step.
The government is looking to significantly increase access to the internet as part of its Digital Britain programme, which is also seeking to ensure all UK internet connections are running at speeds of at least two megabits per second by 2012.
Written by David Jones
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