His Conservative Party colleague former schools minister Damian Hinds said he supported the view that social media and smartphones are behind the rise in young people with mental health problems.

Most democratic legislatures seat their members in a horseshoe or hemisphere. The House of Commons is unusual with two sides facing each other head-on.

Britain must act to protect kids from social media and smartphones, the digital and data minister told MPs today.

She was instrumental in supporting the academies programme as special advisor to Damian Hinds, who was Tory education secretary between 2018 and 2019. Now she is launching a drive to save it from ...

Conservative MP Damian Hinds, who like Mr Malthouse previously served as education secretary, said a lack of evidence around digital harms is no reason not to legislate, instead calling on the ...