Millions of elderly Britons without a smartphone or access to the internet are being ‘left behind’ by an increasingly digital world, new research warns.
Almost one in five - or 2.4 million - older people have limited use of the internet and use it less than once a month or not at all, according to Age UK.
New research for the charity shows that 12 per cent of older people - equivalent to 1.6 million - don’t use a mobile phone at all and 4.3 million older people don’t use a smartphone.
Meanwhile 22 per cent of older people - equivalent to 2.9 million - said that lack of trust in the internet was a reason for them not going online.
And 31 per cent - or 4 million elderly people - said that poor IT skills prevented them from using the internet.
