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Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Culture
Football campaigners and MPs are confident a new football regulator could be made law in a year’s time, after a proposed Football Governance Bill to reform the Game was announced in the King’s Speech on Tuesday.
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
Culture
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given 'Teeth'
Culture
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given "Teeth"
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Culture
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Sir Elton John Is Set To Visit Parliament
Culture
Sir Elton John Is Set To Visit Parliament
MPs Won't Conduct Phillip Schofield 'Witch Hunt' As ITV Bosses Face Grilling
Culture
MPs Won't Conduct Phillip Schofield "Witch Hunt" As ITV Bosses Face Grilling
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Culture
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
The House Live
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
Culture
By Chris Woodgates
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
Culture
By Baroness Kidron
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
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Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
The End of the NHS: Prioritise prevention or prepare for its collapse Partner content
The End of the NHS: Prioritise prevention or prepare for its collapse
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Health
Demanding more on nutritional care – a view from the BAPEN 2023 annual conference Partner content
Demanding more on nutritional care – a view from the BAPEN 2023 annual conference
By British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA)
Health
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Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Watching politicians eat Australasian offal has become a light entertainment staple. Tali Fraser explores Westminster’s appetite for the jungle
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Culture
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Richard Sharp has resigned from his role of BBC Chair after an independent report concluded he was found to have broken the Governance Code over his relationship to former prime minister Boris Johnson's finances.
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Culture
By Rob Merrick
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Thirty years ago, in 1993, a new musical movement emerged that led to a flirtation between New Labour and Britpop. Rob Merrick takes a look at what this unlikely interaction between politics and popular music tell us about their relationship
Culture news
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Watching politicians eat Australasian offal has become a light entertainment staple. Tali Fraser explores Westminster’s appetite for the jungle
Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Culture
Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Football campaigners and MPs are confident a new football regulator could be made law in a year’s time, after a proposed Football Governance Bill to reform the Game was announced in the King’s Speech on Tuesday.
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
Culture
By Chris Woodgates
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
In April my band, Breezer, a relatively unknown quintet from the south coast of England, was unexpectedly thrust into the heart of the global debate surrounding the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and the potentially disruptive influence it could have on the music and broader creative industries.
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
Culture
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
A senior role in the Civil Service to kickstart an independent football regulator has already closed its application process, as a Bill to reform the sport is widely expected to be included in the King's Speech next week.
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
Culture
By Baroness Kidron
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
I watched the Hollywood writers’ strike with some interest. The battle over artificial intelligence (AI) replacing the workforce falls squarely in my area of political interest, and my husband – a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) – was on strike.
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given 'Teeth'
Culture
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given "Teeth"
Grassroots campaigners have argued a new football regulator must be given “teeth” to hold clubs to account, following reports that a new independent body could be included in the King's Speech.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Sally Munday: UEFA EURO 2028 can turbo charge positive change
We are delighted with today’s news that UEFA has selected the UK and Ireland to host UEFA EURO 2028. As the UK’s major event agency our team has been at the heart of what is a unique and pioneering collaboration across five football associations and government partners which now promises to deliver one of the most innovative, diverse and sustainable major sporting events we’ve seen.
The BBC World Service is vital in an increasingly dangerous world
Culture
By Baroness Helic
The BBC World Service is vital in an increasingly dangerous world
Elections are rarely fought on foreign policy; if they are, it is usually a sign of crisis.
Conservatives need to be more open to conversations about diversity and inclusion
Culture
By Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Conservatives need to be more open to conversations about diversity and inclusion
We can’t create opportunities unless we challenge the status quo
Lords Diary: Lord Thurso
Culture
By Lord Thurso
Lords Diary: Lord Thurso
Down to earth with a bump after a summer recess of chieftain duties and a family wedding in Caithness
Partner content
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
BGC WELCOMES SHADOW MINISTERS AND PLEDGES TO CONTINUE PROGRESS ON SAFER GAMBLING
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has congratulated Thangam Debbonaire MP on becoming the new Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and pledged to continue progress on safer gambling.
Partner content
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
BGC STRENGTHENS ADS RULES TO FURTHER PROTECT UNDER 18S
The Betting and Gaming Council today unveils new measures to further prevent under-18s from seeing digital media adverts.
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Culture
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
The art industry is calling on ministers to reduce post-Brexit red tape that is leading to the cancellation of exhibitions and delays of over a month for pieces heading to Europe.
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes
With the Paris Olympics and Paralympics now just one year away, Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes took time out from their busy training schedules to meet with MPs at a parliamentary reception, hosted by UK Sport. It was a chance to celebrate the contribution that elite sport makes to the UK and for our athletes to share how they are preparing to make the nation proud at Paris 2024.
Partner content
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
BETTING AND GAMING COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE RECORD CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH HORSERACING LAST YEAR, NEW FIGURES SHOW
Betting and Gaming Council members directly contributed £384m to British horseracing last year in levy, media rights and sponsorship deals, BGC figures reveal.
Lisa Hayley-Jones, Former Westminster Forum Chair, Joins Advertising Association as Public Affairs Director Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Lisa Hayley-Jones, Former Westminster Forum Chair, Joins Advertising Association as Public Affairs Director
London, July 24, 2023: The Advertising Association, the umbrella organisation representing the UK advertising industry, has announced the appointment of Lisa Hayley-Jones, former Chair of Westminster Forum, as its new Director of Public Affairs. Lisa Hayley-Jones replaces Sue Eustace who is stepping down after more than 20 years of service. Eustace has been instrumental in the association’s role as the voice of the industry to Westminster, engaging with Parliamentarians both to defend advertising’s rights and promote the industry as a jewel in the crown of the country’s creative economy.
LEAD Scotland Returns to Debate Advertising and Politics Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
LEAD Scotland Returns to Debate Advertising and Politics

The Advertising Association in partnership with STV and The Marketing Society will hold the industry-wide summit on September 14 at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
100% of athletes benefit from Powered by Purpose
The pilot Powered by Purpose programme launched by UK Sport, in partnership with The True Athlete Project in 2022, was created after a consultation found that 86% of athletes on the world class programme want to use their platform to make a difference to society, whilst they are still competing.
Cricket has an opportunity to level the playing field
Culture
By Cindy Butts
Cricket has an opportunity to level the playing field
Many of you will have seen the extensive coverage of the Report ‘Holding Up A Mirror to Cricket’ published on 27 June by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, which I chaired.
Out of Home Advertising: Unlocking Investment in Infrastructure Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Out of Home Advertising: Unlocking Investment in Infrastructure
Between 2008 and 2021, the Out of Home advertising industry invested £1.1 billion in social infrastructure across the UK. However, the business rates regime has a disproportionate and detrimental effect on the industry, restricting the industry’s ability to invest in local communities, and putting at serious risk the ability of Local Authorities to comply with the Government’s own Net Zero Strategy. These effects will only be compounded by the Non-Domestic Rating Bill. Exempting social infrastructure sites from business rates will unlock additional investment directly into local communities.
Regulated gambling: Why higher standards rather than bans are the best way to protect the most vulnerable Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
Regulated gambling: Why higher standards rather than bans are the best way to protect the most vulnerable
More can and will be done to promote safer gambling in sports sponsorship and online advertising, but an ad ban wouldn’t make betting safer - it would just damage our best loved sports.
We must crack down on ticket resale sites ripping-off fans
Culture
By Kevin Brennan MP
We must crack down on ticket resale sites ripping-off fans
Around this time next year, Swifties from all four corners of the United Kingdom will live their Wildest Dreams as they descend on the Principality Stadium in my home city of Cardiff to welcome Taylor Swift, their very own Anti-Hero as she embarks on the European leg of The Eras Tour.
Arts Council investment in cultural projects is changing lives and inspiring communities across England
Culture
By Darren Henley CBE
Arts Council investment in cultural projects is changing lives and inspiring communities across England
Over the past 10 years amazing new hubs of creativity and innovation have been springing up across England from Basildon to Boston, Wigan to Walsall, and Redbridge to Rotherham.
Faith, Politics and Me: Labour MP Afzal Khan
Communities
By Seun Matiluko
Faith, Politics and Me: Labour MP Afzal Khan
In a new occasional series, Seun Matiluko catches up with politicians to discuss faith and how they balance religion with politics. Here, Afzal Khan, Labour MP for Manchester, Gorton, talks about his journey with Islam.
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London
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2024
Liverpool
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Unlocking the Senior Civil Service Online
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Online
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Women into Leadership Cardiff
2024
Cardiff
Women into Leadership Cardiff