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Keir Starmer promises smartphone crackdown for under 16s within months
Measures could include a minimum age limit for social media, restrictions on infinite scrolling and preventing children from speaking with online chatbots More
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Starmer facing calls for inquiry over Labour think tank’s investigation into journalists
Labour Together, which helped the prime minister’s election to become party leader, reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe More
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No online platform gets ‘free pass’ when it comes to child safety, says Starmer
The Prime Minister was speaking as he set out plans to bolster the protection of young people online. More
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Reform by-election candidate said it was ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’
Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check More
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Starmer doubles down on closer links with EU as he says Britain is ‘turning its back’ on Brexit years
Prime minister comes out fighting after calls for him to resign over Mandelson scandal and says he will still be Labour leader at the time of the next election More
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Truth is the most ‘dangerous weapon’ against Russia, UK says as it hits back at denial over Navalny’s death
Labour foreign secretary Yvette Cooper suggested Moscow could face new sanctions, while his widow has called for Vladimir Putin to be held accountable More
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New Bangladesh government says it will persist with efforts to extradite Labour MP Tulip Siddiq
Exclusive: Bangladesh’s likely next foreign minister calls Hampstead and Highgate MP a ‘convicted criminal’, although UK does not recognise the verdict More
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Larry the cat celebrates 15 years at Downing Street
‘He represents stability, and that’s at a premium,’ says an expert as Larry the Cat marks 15 years of service at Downing Street More
