Andy Burnham social media plans target minors not adults

Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, is hoping to win the Makerfield byelection later this week and has promised to challenge the prime minister if he does so.

I think we have the potential in what we’re going to do – and this is what I fought so hard for it – to end online child sex abuse, to cut child sex abuse around the world so dramatically. ... Lib Dems say it's 'shameful' PM chose to 'beg' tech companies to act on nude phone pictures when he could just legislate ... Zack Polanski tells bakers' union that very cheap food in supermarkets suggests workers being exploited ... Burnham says he wants 'essential services back under public control' in BBC Manchester Makerfield byelection debate

The book is a call for long-term reform over a period of many years, and it makes clear where Burnham is coming from. But there are gaps in knowledge over the specifics. Will he find the extra £10 billion the Ministry of Defence believes is needed to keep us safe? Will he continue with the government's social media ban for under-16s in the format announced last week?

Andy Burnham’s likely succession to lead the current Labour government gives him the chance to reset digital policy.

Burnham formally launched the NCS a month earlier, giving all elderly and disabled people free social care. The second stage was planned to begin from 2014 and would extend free social care to people who were in residential care for more than two years. A third and final stage would fully introduce the NCS, giving all adults ...

Ms Kendall has asked it to ensure methods are accessible so that, for example, adults who don't have a passport or driving licence can verify their age easily to access social media. Some campaigners, including the Molly Rose Foundation, are against a ban and have urged Mr Burnham to be "bolder" in addressing the design features of social media platforms.

Given he ran ahead of Keir Starmer on an under-16 social media ban, Burnham is unlikely to change course on the policy – but it will be down to his administration to navigate the necessary legislation through parliament, and for his ministers ...

The good news for Andy Burnham—if it is indeed he who walks into Number 10 in a few weeks time—is that a complementary approach, built on the principles of product safety and safety by design that are fundamental to all other industrial sectors, is possible.

While the results have not yet been made public, Kendall previously said they would be used as the “evidence we need to take the next steps”. ... The Times this week reported that the prime minister saw the ban as “a last-ditch attempt to win over Labour MPs before Andy Burnham’s possible return to parliament”. Burnham, Manchester’s Labour mayor, is hoping to win a parliamentary seat at the Makerfield by-election on 18 June.