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Labour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers

Exclusive: TV drama Adolescence adds to pressure from MPs for action to tackle impact of social media

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025

Oxford chancellor calls for tighter controls on smartphones for children – and urges ministers to stand up to tech giants

‘Welcoming technology firms is different from letting them do anything they like’, William Hague warned

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Government betraying children by gutting smartphone Bill, MPs told

Tory former minister Kit Malthouse described the Protection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) Bill, as a ‘hollowed-out gesture’.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

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Reducing smartphone harms in law ‘relies on process, not one big bang event’

An MP’s proposed Bill would instruct UK chief medical officers to publish advice for parents on the use of smartphones and social media by children.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Scheme to ban smart phones in schools ditched by MP

Former teacher Josh MacAlister says he has been working ‘very closely’ with government to put forward ‘practical measures’

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

It’s the age of regret: gen Z grew up glued to their screens, and missed the joy of being human

A generation who came of age online now feel deprived of real connections. The upside is they are doing something about it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

MPs to debate Bill aimed at limiting harms of smartphone use among children

The Bill commits the Government to come back within a year on the question of raising ‘the digital age of consent’ from 13 to 16.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

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Safer phones bill aimed at young teens watered down after minister opposition

New proposal calls for research instead of exclusion of under-16s from algorithms and mobile phone bans in schools

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025

Just 18% of teachers think phone ban would improve pupil behaviour – poll

The findings come after a Labour MP called for a legal requirement to be introduced so schools in England are mobile-free zones.

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

Labour ready to show it is serious about child social care reform

Details are still lacking, but initial suggestion is that many of the MacAlister report’s findings will be enacted

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024

Meta, TikTok And X Have One-Year Deadline To Prepare For Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16

The Australian legislation could set a global precedent as other countries consider measures to regulate children's social media use.

International Business Times UK · Nov 12, 2024

Urgent warning over children ‘doom scrolling’ for hours a day

The damage from social media has been described as a public health emergency, with calls for new legislation

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

New UK bill could force social media firms to make content less addictive for under 16s

The safer phones bill could ban companies from applying algorithms for young ‘doomscrolling’ teens

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

Children ‘doom scrolling’ on phones for hours a day causing widespread harm – MP

Former teacher Josh MacAlister will introduce a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament this week on tackling addictive phone use by young people.

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

The Guardian view on kinship carers: grandparents can’t repair a broken care system

Editorial: New allowances for relatives who look after children, in lieu of parents, are a good idea. But they aren’t a solution to the wider problem

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

Joe Swash: Teens in Care review – the sheer number of children failed by the system is profoundly wrong

The ex-EastEnder is charming, open and excellent in this documentary on the harrowing lack of support for looked-after children. The same can’t be said for the evasive children’s minister

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

Revealed: children’s care homes flood into cheapest areas of England, not where most needed

Shocking figures gathered by the Observer show social care provision is dictated by money, not need

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Will the MacAlister review improve the lives of children in care?

Letters: Care services should be centred on children and their individual needs, writes Roy Grimwood, while Peter Riddle and Mel Wood say the government is evading its responsibilities

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

Children to be housed closer to family in overhaul of England’s social care system

Changes in children’s social care, including earlier help for families, fall short of ‘full reset’ called for by adviser

Manchester Evening News · Jan 5, 2023

First pilot outside of London to break 'destructive cycle' between young people and crime launched in Tameside

Specialist guides will work intensively with youngsters, being with them 'at their lowest ebb or their greatest risk'

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Britain is going backwards as children in care lose out to the pursuit of profits

Letters: David Hinchliffe says it is impossible that children’s welfare is being put first when 83% of residential care provision is in private hands. Plus letters from Roy Grimwood and Christina Russell

Chronicle Live · May 23, 2022

Gateshead council call on central government to better fund children's social services

Following the release of a report into social services Gateshead council calls upon the government to fund services 'adequately'

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

The Guardian view on children’s social care: a heartbreaking market

Editorial: The system is in crisis and profiteering providers are making it worse. The case for reform could hardly be clearer

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Minister: We cannot stop evil against children but review can help limit cases

Will Quince told MPs his priorities in improving services.

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

England’s care system is failing children. This new overhaul is based on a middle-class fantasy

A new review passes the buck for children’s care on to the ‘community’, says social worker Rebekah Pierre

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