Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

Ellen Roome with her son, Jools Sweeney, who died when he was 14. Photograph: Ellen Roome/PA

The mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of “kicking it down the road”.

Ellen Roome, the mother of Jools Sweeney, 14, is among the families who will meet Keir Starmer on Tuesday as a consultation on a possible social media ban closes this week.