Tory call for school phone ban and crackdown on social media

TORIES will this week force a vote to ban mobiles in schools.

- By David Williamson

They will challenge Labour to back a raft of measures to tackle the harm caused by social media.

Conservatives will also fight for changes to a forthcoming law.

They want to ensure failing schools will continue to be forced to become academies and that good schools are not blocked from expanding.

Amendments will be brought forward to the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which goes before MPs tomorrow and Tuesday.