Loneliness heightened by social media, Jo Cox's sister says

Kim Leadbetter calls on government and public to act to address issue at launch of report by murdered MP’s commission

Social media is a double-edged sword that could make Britain’s loneliness epidemic worse, the sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox has said in response to research which found that 9 million people in the UK feel permanently isolated.

Speaking at the launch of a report commissioned by the Labour MP before her death, Kim Leadbeater said technology was a force for good, but that it had reduced people’s time for “proper human connections”.

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