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Wes Streeting says Starmer ‘behind the curve’ on under-16s social media ban – UK politics live

social media for under-16s, [or whether to opt for other restrictions](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/05/how-uk-may-restrict-social-media-under-16s-time-limits-curfews-ban), and the consultation ends at 11.59pm tonight. Keir Starmer is expected to announce the government’s response

Social media leaders called to Downing Street over children's safety

Keir said the meeting would be about "making sure social media companies step up and take responsibility". It comes midway through [the public consultation called by the government](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg3vjkx9d7o) over whether

MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time

Keir Starmer prepares to meet senior leaders at social media companies TikTok, X, [Instagram](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/instagram) and Facebook owner Meta, YouTube and Snapchat to demand swifter progress on internet safety. Speaking before the meeting

‘Social media should be treated like tobacco’: Streeting calls for under-16s ban on certain platforms

Social media should be treated like tobacco – it’s extremely addictive, bad for our health, and big tech is borrowing the big tobacco playbook to avoid regulation. We’ve got to give our children their

Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say

Keir Starmer on Tuesday to urge the government to demand he swiftly raises the age of access for social media platforms deemed harmful to 16. "Later today, I, and other families who have lost children

Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

Keir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a Downing Street meeting over internet safety. The prime minister summoned senior figures at Meta, TikTok, Google

Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

Keir Starmer on Tuesday as a consultation into the social media ban closes this week. “Come on, get a grip, let’s actually stand up, do something, make a decision,” she said on Today

Esther Ghey's dismay over PM meeting tech bosses first

Starmer held a meeting with bosses at Google, TikTok and Meta earlier this month, urging them to "work with us to do better by British children". In an open letter to Sir Keir with

Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) are “small and petty” and designed to put pressure on the prime minister to change his position on Iran, David Lammy has said, as he insisted the UK would

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

Starmer, an incumbent premier with a bigger parliamentary majority than his transformative predecessor Clement Attlee won in 1945. What is driving this narrative? Why is the UK churning through its leaders almost as quickly

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

Keir Starmer, for Olly Robbins, and for the wider intelligence and security establishment – all of which is just starting to pan out. --- **What actually happened?** After Labour’s July 2024 election victory, Mandelson quickly