Esther Ghey, the mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, and the Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet are calling on Keir Starmer to legally ban smartphones in schools, warning current guidance against allowing phones has created a “postcode lottery”.
As children in England and Wales return to classes this week, Ghey said research showed that only 11% of secondary schools were currently implementing a full ban on bringing in smartphones or requiring them to be left in a secure and inaccessible place all day.
