Category: Young people

Whitehall has left generation of teenagers with no hope, says Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says number of young people not in education, employment or training has reached unacceptable levelsThe number of young people not in education, employment or training has risen to unacceptable levels...

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Banning us from social media is ‘neither practical nor effective’, UK teenagers say

UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate contentBanning teenagers from social media is neither a “practical nor effective” solution to the growing...

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Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

National Crime Agency says such groups are fuelling crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuseBlackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangsTeenage boys are joining online gangs...

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Labour reconsiders smartphone ban in schools as pressure grows over effect on teenagers

Exclusive: Netflix drama Adolescence has added to pressure from MPs for action to help schools tackle effects of social media on teenagersBridget Phillipson is to take a fresh look at smartphone bans in schools as pressure grows...

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Labour scrutinises smartphone ban in schools as pressure grows over effect on teenagers

Exclusive: Netflix drama Adolescence has added to pressure from MPs for action to help schools tackle effects of social media on teenagersBridget Phillipson is to take a fresh look at smartphone bans in schools as pressure grows...

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Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countriesBritain performed worse than most other developed nations in its...

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New laws to protect children exploited by gangs in England and Wales ‘will save lives’

Ex-children’s commissioner welcomes crackdown on use of children for crimes such as running county linesLong-overdue laws to protect children forced into selling drugs across county lines will save lives and block a...

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Some pupils in England less likely to have special needs identified, study shows

Research by Education Policy Institute highlights groups it says are at greater risk of missing out on Send supportSend crisis in England risks creating ‘lost generation’ of childrenChildren in England experience...

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Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in net zero drive – UK politics live

Energy secretary insists there is ‘no contradiction between net zero and economic growth’ in hearing at Commons committeeThe hearing has stopped for a short break. Heather Hallett, the chair, tells Badenoch that her...

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