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The SFC has also launched an independent investigation into the reasons for the "deterioration" in the institution's finances and will attempt to understand "how this came as a surprise to the university leadership".

Because England and Wales have more open competition to recruit students - and attract their fee income - there have been sharper divergences in financial fortunes than you'll see in Scotland, where the SFC allocates places to institutions.

According to the SFC, this is the first policy of its kind in the UK.

The SFC says that more than 63,000 state-educated children in Barnet will benefit from a seven-hour window in the day when they can "learn, socialise and grow, free from addictive algorithms".

The SFC also signposts parents to other types of phones such as "brick" phones, which only allow calls and texts, or other models that can access podcasts and music, but offer no internet access.