{"id":21653,"date":"2026-01-21T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/badenoch-tells-starmer-to-just-get-on-with-under-16s-social-media-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:37:37","slug":"badenoch-tells-starmer-to-just-get-on-with-under-16s-social-media-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/badenoch-tells-starmer-to-just-get-on-with-under-16s-social-media-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Badenoch tells Starmer to \u2018just get on\u2019 with under-16s social media ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tory leader says delay will harm children\u2019s mental health after No 10 said it would consult on policy by summer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jan\/21\/britain-parent-conservative-social-media-ban-children-kemi-badenoch\">As a parent \u2013 and a Conservative \u2013 I know that banning social media for under-16s is the right thing to do<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kemi Badenoch has called on Keir Starmer to \u201cjust get on\u201d with a ban on social media for under-16s, saying delay is a dereliction of duty that is harming children\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n<p>After the government said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/jan\/20\/uk-study-examine-effects-restricting-social-media-children\">consult on a social media ban for under-16s by the summer<\/a>, the Conservative party leader urged the prime minister to act more quickly, \u201chowever difficult to implement\u201d it would be.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jan\/21\/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-under-16s-social-media-ban-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8a334c1e455f77b425225f0c059e5dfdfcd4ce20\/447_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=93ca17d8290cb89329d0dbbe5c62113d\" title=\"Badenoch tells Starmer to \u2018just get on\u2019 with under-16s social media ban\" \/>Tory leader says delay will harm children\u2019s mental health after No 10 said it would consult on policy by summer<br \/>\nAs a parent \u2013 and a Conservative \u2013 I know that banning social media for under-16s is the right thing to do<br \/>\nKemi Badenoch has called on Keir Starmer to \u201cjust get on\u201d with a ban on social media for under-16s, saying delay is a dereliction of duty that is harming children\u2019s mental health.<br \/>\nAfter the government said it would consult on a social media ban for under-16s by the summer, the Conservative party leader urged the prime minister to act more quickly, \u201chowever difficult to implement\u201d it would be. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tory leader says delay will harm children\u2019s mental health after No 10 said it would consult on policy by summer As a parent \u2013 and a Conservative \u2013 I know that banning social media for under-16s is the right thing to do Kemi Badenoch has called on Keir Starmer to \u201cjust get on\u201d with a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/badenoch-tells-starmer-to-just-get-on-with-under-16s-social-media-ban\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Badenoch tells Starmer to \u2018just get on\u2019 with under-16s social media ban<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}