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"We are moving at lightning speed".
Kanishka Narayan, the Minister for AI and Online Safety, says despite the government not yet having a full implementation strategy for it's social media ban for under 16's, it aims to deliver one in 12 months time.
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MP Joe Morris tells #PoliticsLive he's “uncomfortable with the bluntness” of Labour colleague Lauren Edwards’ proposal to potentially use the Parliament Act to prevent the Lords blocking another attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales
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Reform pledges new tax on hiring foreign workers bbc.in/4xkUTye
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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals bbc.in/4ewFcvw
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Two men guilty of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on property and car connected to UK PM Keir Starmer
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On Monday's #PoliticsLive
Joe Morris MP, Labour,
Baroness Maclean, Conservative peer
Sienna Rodgers, The House Magazine
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ALT Today's guests
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UK electric car sales target set to be weakened bbc.in/3SG6act
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Reform leader Nigel Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing bbc.in/4vHn60y
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New social media restrictions will end 'system failing our kids', PM Keir Starmer says bbc.in/4uEcmPQ
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"A giant of the Labour movement"
Tributes paid to Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader who has died aged 93
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Assisted dying returns to Parliament as MP urges peers to "finish the job"
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BBC Politics retweeted
'It's too late for Kady but any child that can be helped from this is a positive thing'
Tanya Absalom, whose 15 year old daughter Kady took her own life after being exposed to harmful content on various online platforms, spoke for the first time on #BBCBreakfast, as Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media for under 16s
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BBC Politics retweeted
Keir Starmer has said under-16s will be banned from social media as soon as Spring 2027.
Children at a school near Preston gave their reaction to the announcement on #BBCBreakfast
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BBC Politics retweeted
Seven parents who believe social media played a part in their children's deaths reacted on #BBCBreakfast to the announcement by Keir Starmer that it will be banned for children under 16 from next year
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"We hope to pass regulation before Christmas, and therefore to bring the ban into force in the early part of next year," PM Keir Starmer tells BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman
Follow live reaction and analysis: bbc.in/4e8dZQK
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"Today I can announce that the government will ban access to social media for all children under the age of 16," PM Keir Starmer says
Follow live reaction and analysis: bbc.in/4e8dZQK
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Social media will be banned for all children under 16, UK PM Keir Starmer announces
Follow live: bbc.in/4e8dZQK
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Keir Starmer set to ban under-16s from social media platforms including TikTok and Snapchat bbc.in/4emv3B9
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UK and Japan agree £18bn investment deal bbc.in/4a3cDEu
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BBC Politics retweeted
Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce that under-16s will be banned from major social media platforms, including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, later this morning.
Chief Political Correspondent @hzeffman explains why this decision is coming now.
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