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Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

With phones in schools under the spotlight following the Netflix drama Adolescence and an exchange at PMQs, Full Fact looks at what the data tells us.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025

Jeremy Hunt hits out at ‘hyperbolic’ Brexit claims of backers like Boris Johnson

Ex-chancellor criticises ‘hyperbolic’ projections as report which claims economic impact of leaving the European Union less than previously thought

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Brexit much less damaging to British exports than claimed, says Hunt

The former chancellor said he believed ‘many claims about the impact of Brexit upon the UK’s economy were exaggerated’.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Yvette Cooper to reject call to widen definition of extremism to include far left and 'manosphere'

The Home Secretary reportedly disagrees with the findings of the ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’ she commissioned following the summer riots

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Yvette Cooper to reject call to widen definition of extremism

The Home Secretary is said not to agree with the findings of the ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’ she commissioned following the summer riots.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Two-tier policing claim is 'right-wing extremism', Home Office review suggests

Report suggests combating extremism should be based on ‘concerning’ behaviours rather than ideologies

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Misogyny and violence against women identified as gateways to extremism, leaked Home Office report says

An online subculture called the ‘manosphere’ was identified as a gateway to extremist views by the Home Office report

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

UK extremism approach should be based on behaviours, not ideologies – report

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said in August she had directed the Home Office to conduct a ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

Muslim Council of Britain to elect new leader

Successive governments have maintained polices of non-engagement with the organisation.

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2025

Controversy over compensation for Gerry Adams does nothing to deliver truth and justice to Troubles victims

Each episode of the Netflix adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book Say Nothing, which addresses the IRA’s tactic of disappearing alleged informers, ends with a disclaimer: “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in any IRA violence”. The series suggests Adams’s role was as…

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025