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'I banned my kids from using smartphones - headteachers who don't are wrong'

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Shadow education secretary Laura Trott said there's "lots of evidence" to show banning phones in schools is a "massive problem" She said she is so concerned about the impact of screen time, she has told her own children they won't be getting a smartphone until they are 16 .

Ms Trott was speaking ahead of a failed Tory attempt in the Commons for a law that would force headteachers to ban phones.

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