Former Olympian Chris Boardman welcomes Sport England retaining its statutory consultee role for significant planning applications. Protecting playing fields is about more than planning policy; it’s about turning the tide on the decline in children’s health.

IPSO in its current form is not fit for purpose.

The PM must step in to help the next generation of artists.

Cuts are damaging vital BBC journalism at a time when it is needed most.

The future of the Scottish Gaelic language, one of the UK’s indigenous languages, is on a knife edge.

The Starmer administration thought that growing gambling was good economic policy. It is odds on that the Burnham team will not make the same mistake

This year’s Local Government Association conference was awash with councillors of all political stripes calling for action on gambling. For an incoming Prime Minister looking to signal change, reconnect with local politics, and boost “good growth”, action on gambling would be a popular policy

The growing gambling black market is a threat policymakers can't afford to ignore, writes Gareth Snell, Labour and Co-operative MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central

Britain cannot afford the cost of inactivity. Every day we delay helping the least active people to move more, we pay for it through rising NHS demand, lower productivity and widening inequality

As greyhound racing reaches its 100-year anniversary, the government must follow Wales and Scotland’s lead and commit to banning the practice in England.

Some anti-gambling campaigners would have policymakers believe concerns about the gambling black market are exaggerated. They are wrong

The deaths of Ollie Long and Ellen Mulvey expose the dangers of illegal gambling sites. Derek Webb argues that new evidence challenges widely repeated claims about the size and drivers of Britain's unlicensed gambling market

Ahead of a House of Lords Liaison Committee session on gambling, Will Prochaska argues that banning gambling advertising, sponsorship and marketing would win votes on left and right, boost the economy, and save the taxpayer money

Music has always been part of my life. From an early age, I can remember my big sister blaring out the Top 40 from her transistor radio.

An overnight visitor levy is coming to England – but what will it look like? And will it be resisted? Noah Vickers reports

We’re just days away from co-hosts Mexico facing South Africa in the opening game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Hull has never lacked talent, pride or ambition. What we have too often lacked is the investment and recognition this great city deserves.

Tourism minister Stephanie Peacock talks to Sienna Rodgers about introducing a controversial tourist tax and tackling short-term holiday lets – plus why Labour finds itself in a mess, but relitigating Brexit would be wrong

Former TV executive Lord Grade has just stepped down as chair of Ofcom. He tells Noah Vickers about his eventful career, enforcing the Online Safety Act and why critics of GB News are secretly ‘embarrassed’

Launched with fanfare but sinking without trace, the Soft Power Council appears to be an object lesson in how the UK fails to leverage its cultural, sporting and educational assets, reports Ben Gartside

With fundamental questions about consistency, fairness and consumer impact still unresolved, the Betting and Gaming Council's chief executive, Grainne Hurst, argues the Gambling Commission must pause its Financial Risk Assessment proposals before causing serious, irreversible harm

Louie French, Shadow Gambling Minister and Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, argues that proposed gambling affordability checks risk becoming intrusive and counterproductive, warning that unless they are truly frictionless, they could push consumers towards the unsafe black market

As Labour MP for Doncaster Central, Sally Jameson reflects on the 250th running of the St Leger in her constituency, celebrating its economic and cultural importance while warning that poorly designed Financial Risk Assessments (FRAs) risk undermining British racing and the communities it supports