Gordon Brown will today promise free laptops and broadband access for 270,000 low income families so that they can better follow their children's progress at school.
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To make that achievable, he will pledge £300m of investment to help poorer families who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
Laptop: £400 (retail)
Broadband: £150/annum
Multiplied by 270,000 = £148.5m
Apart from the fact that this is a bloody stupid idea (if you're a low income family that doesn't have access to a work PC, then you've got time to walk to school), it's also costing double what it should do.
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