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WMCA donates old laptops to tackle digital poverty across West Midlands

Friday 5 February 2021 | 11:22 CET | News
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The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in the UK is donating around 150 old laptops and desktop PCs to school children to help tackle digital poverty across the region.

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