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Labour MPs have no reason to oppose new welfare reforms, says minister

Pat McFadden unveils £1bn youth employment scheme and appeals to backbenchers who rebelled last year

The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of using ‘hugely inflated’ jobs figures for data centres

The Action to Protect Rural Scotland is demanding more scrutiny of such claims.

Evening Standard

MPs reject ban on social media for under-16s

Ban could still be introduced in future after Commons back government bid to give extra powers to secretary of state

The Guardian - UK

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Ministers must act more quickly on deepfakes to protect women and girls, Kendall says

Exclusive: Technology secretary urges tech companies to do more to tackle online misogyny

The Guardian - UK

Ministers consider social media curfew and AI chatbot restrictions to keep children safe online

Government launches consultation to hear views from parents, guardians and young people across the UK

The Independent UK

UK social media ban for under-16s edges closer with Starmer expected to back it

Liz Kendall to launch consultation next week that will also explore alternatives such as curbs on infinite scrolling

The Guardian - UK

Starmer pledges to act in ‘months not years’ to protect children on social media

A three-month consultation on banning children from social media and restricting infinite scrolling is to be launched in March.

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Budget-style online safety debates could help law ‘keep pace’ with tech changes

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said ministers want to ‘get the legislation right’.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office looking into Starmer-linked thinktank after it investigated journalists

Liz Kendall says officials will be ‘establishing the facts’ about report that made false claims about journalists

The Guardian - UK

Politics live: Trump warns Starmer is making ‘big mistake’ in fresh attack over Chagos Islands deal

The president warned against the loss of the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

UK politics: Government abandons plans to delay 30 local council elections in May – as it happened

The government was warned by its lawyers that such a move could be illegal as it pledges an additional £63m to help councils with reorganisation

The Guardian - UK

Social media ban for under 16s could be announced within months, says Technology Secretary Liz Kendall

Ministers are scrambling to keep up with the fast-changing online world as they seek to protect youngters

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Broadband and mobile firms pledge to stop unexpected bill increases

Providers will also make it easier for vulnerable consumers to access social tariffs under the Government’s new Telecoms Consumer Charter.

Evening Standard

Every young person in London deserves a pathway to a brighter future

Most of the business community thinks that AI will displace a large number of existing jobs

The Guardian - UK

The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout

Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push

Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses

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UK’s first Government-backed Tech Town named

Schools and colleges, businesses and hospitals in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, will receive Government support to develop AI tools and digital skills.

The Independent UK

The industrial town that’s set to become a UK tech and AI hub

Barnsley has been named the UK’s first ‘Tech Town’ and will now benefit from increased AI opportunities

Evening Standard

Swinney blasts Labour’s ‘betrayal’ as Waspi women again denied compensation

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said it is ‘deeply regrettable’ women who lost out after state pension changes will not be compensated.

Evening Standard

Scotland ‘leading technological revolution’ with AI Growth Zone – Liz Kendall

The UK Government has chosen Lanarkshire as the site of the new specialist zone, which aims to boost the development of data centres and similar.

Evening Standard

Holyrood election must be ‘referendum on SNP’s record’, says Liz Kendall

The UK Science and Technology Secretary was speaking as she visited the site of Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Millions of Waspi women ‘betrayed’ as government refuses to grant compensation over state pension age changes

Labour work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden apologised that women born in the 1950s were not sent individual letters about their state pension changes earlier, but said a flat-rate scheme could have cost £10bn

Evening Standard

AI benefits to be felt ‘across community’, Kendall says as growth zone announced

The latest of the UK Government’s AI growth zones is being sited in Lanarkshire.

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