Opposition leader says a future Conservative government would ban phones in schools, as teachers’ union also backs social media ban

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch is speaking to Laura Kuenssberg now on the BBC in what is the second of the new year interviews with party leaders (Keir Starmer was first up last week).

The Conservative party has been leaking members and elected officials to Reform UK, which polling suggests has a broad voter coalition that stretches from struggling workers and frustrated graduates to wealthy retirees.