UK GOVT CONSULTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER-16s

The package will also see England’s education inspectorate, Ofsted, given the power to check policies on phone use when it goes into schools, with ministers saying they expect schools to be “phone-free by default” as a result. Some experts and children’s charities have cautioned against the idea – but it has strong backing elsewhere.

On Sunday, more than 60 Labour MPs wrote to the Prime Minister saying the backed a ban with the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey also calling on the government to act. “As the parent of an extremely vulnerable and trans child, I strongly disagree.