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The SNP is to bring in a national ban on smartphones in classes if it wins May’s Holyrood election, John Swinney has pledged. As the Press Association reports, the first minister and SNP leader insisted the devices were “a distraction from learning” pledging legislation after the election to ban them across Scotland. PA says:

Currently head teachers have the power to ban smartphones in their schools, with a number of councils in Scotland having acted.

However Swinney said that the SNP will now seek to “ensure a full national ban in Scotland’s classrooms”.