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‘A tsunami of harm’: views on tackling online safety for under-16s in the UK
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The Guardian · World

‘A tsunami of harm’: views on tackling online safety for under-16s in the UK

Campaigners, teenagers, legislators and experts give their opinions on the government’s social media consultation Change is coming for social media platforms. The UK government’s consultation on improving online safety for children will result in some form of action being taken against big tech. Eve...

Dan Milmo, Priya Bharadia and Josh Taylor
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Nurseries in England charging extra fees to cover funding gap, campaigners say
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The Guardian · World

Nurseries in England charging extra fees to cover funding gap, campaigners say

Head of Early Years Alliance says additional charges paid by parents represent ‘cross-subsidy’Parents of nursery children in England are being charged extra fees to cover for government underfunding of free childcare hours, with some paying thousands of pounds a year for consumables such as food, wi...

Kevin Rawlinson
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‘Like tobacco’: Wes Streeting calls for partial social media ban for under-16s
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The Guardian · World

‘Like tobacco’: Wes Streeting calls for partial social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for platformsSocial media companies should be treated like the tobacco industry, Wes Streeting has argued, as he called for a ban on under-16s accessing certain platforms.Speaking publicly about t...

Kiran Stacey, Dan Milmo, Robert Booth and Denis Campbell
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