Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bansThe boss of the UK’s leading children’s...
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Read MoreCommons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents face uphill struggleMPs have urged the next government to consider a total ban on smartphones for under 16-year-olds and a statutory ban on...
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