Flashback to less than one week ago in the House of Commons – Labour Early Years minister Olivia Bailey said in response to another Tory question on phone bans:
“My honest view this we have already solved the problem of banning phones in schools.”
Last night Labour U-turned. Announced in the Lords, a new amendment will “create a clear legal requirement that the guidance must be followed unless there is a legally justifiable reason for schools not to do so.” A major U-turn as Labour has resisted Tory attempts to get a phone ban through for a year now…
There is currently only non-statutory guidance stating schools should be phone-free. This is what Bailey was referring to. Which has now revealed that the U-turn was decided on at the last minute…
Douglas Alexander – a friend of Starmer’s – was asked on Sky News if the PM will be in post at the next election. He wasn’t so sure himself:
“I think he will. There are no certainties but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”