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Labour MP Calls For Capped Ticket Prices And Alcohol On Terraces As Part Of Football Reform
Labour MP Calls For Capped Ticket Prices And Alcohol On Terraces As Part Of Football Reform
Culture
A Labour MP has called for the government to allow fans to drink on terraces and cap away ticket prices at £30 as part of its plans to reform football.
Tories Criticise 'Outrageous' Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Culture
Tories Criticise "Outrageous" Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Kemi Badenoch Accused Of 'Hypocrisy' After Reversing Support For Football Regulator
Culture
Kemi Badenoch Accused Of "Hypocrisy" After Reversing Support For Football Regulator
Government Prepares For Fight With Tory Lords Over Football Bill
Culture
Government Prepares For Fight With Tory Lords Over Football Bill
Boost BBC World Service Funding To Help Ukraine Fight Russia, Says Labour MP
Culture
Boost BBC World Service Funding To Help Ukraine Fight Russia, Says Labour MP
Lords Want 'Wimbledon Clause' To Give Football Fans Power To Stop Stadium Moves
Culture
Lords Want "Wimbledon Clause" To Give Football Fans Power To Stop Stadium Moves
Football Clubs Could Be Named And Shamed For Not Promoting Equality, Diversity And Inclusion
Communities
Football Clubs Could Be Named And Shamed For Not Promoting Equality, Diversity And Inclusion
Opinion
The record shop revival shows how growth can mean something to communities
Communities
By Jo Platt MP
The record shop revival shows how growth can mean something to communities
Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price Partner content
Health
By Rylands Garth
Rugby must evolve before more players pay the price
Rugby league can help this Labour government bolster northern towns
Culture
By Jade Botterill MP
Rugby league can help this Labour government bolster northern towns
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Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Former Defence Minister Says Homes Must Stockpile Candles, Radios And Iodine Tablets To Prepare For Attacks
Communities
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Political parties
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
It’s time to consider stockpiling – a grey-zone attack on the UK is likely
By Tobias Ellwood
Defence
Tories Criticise 'Outrageous' Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Tories Criticise "Outrageous" Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Culture
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Political parties
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
By Robert Hutton
Parliament
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Lisa Nandy: 'There is a wealth of talent out there we’re just not drawing on'
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
Lisa Nandy: 'There is a wealth of talent out there we’re just not drawing on'
Lisa Nandy talks to Sienna Rodgers about settling in as the new Culture Secretary and how she’ll approach the job – from football governance and trans inclusion in sport to press regulation and BBC reforms
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
The Caroline Dinenage interview: Is there a ‘two-tier system’ in English football?
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
The Caroline Dinenage interview: Is there a ‘two-tier system’ in English football?
The Conservative chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee talks to Sienna Rodgers about English football's 'two-tier system', why she hates running and her biggest regret as an MP
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Lucy Powell interview: 'The Tories were found to be on the wrong side of modern Britain'
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
Lucy Powell interview: 'The Tories were found to be on the wrong side of modern Britain'
Amid a Tory leadership race and a great British summer of sport, shadow digital, culture, media and sport secretary Lucy Powell talks to Sienna Rodgers about politics and play
Lords Diary: Lord Moynihan
Culture
By Lord Moynihan
Lords Diary: Lord Moynihan
The House of Lords has a long history of influence over United Kingdom sport and recreation policy. It was here in the summer of 1905 that Lord Desborough convened the first meeting of the British Olympic Association, which became influential in forming the rules and regulations of sport worldwide.
Peter Wanless: The next Prime Minister must redouble efforts to protect children from online harms
Culture
By Sir Peter Wanless
Peter Wanless: The next Prime Minister must redouble efforts to protect children from online harms
Less than a week since Boris Johnson resigned, the number of MPs who have thrown their hat in the ring to be next Prime Minister has already reached double figures.
The real university challenge: creating a knowledge economy for all Partner content
Education
By Sheffield Hallam University
The real university challenge: creating a knowledge economy for all
Above all, universities are institutions grounded in place: we talk of the University of Oxford, the University of Liverpool. My own university – Sheffield Hallam – proudly declares its affiliation to a great city and its historic region. And universities have been great drivers of prosperity for their places.
Lords Diary: Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Culture
By Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Lords Diary: Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Although I joined the House of Lords in early 2020, I have only now completed an almost normal parliamentary year. However, I still have to firmly remind myself not to refer to fellow peers as 'honourable members'.
Stick or twist? Looming review fuels debate about gambling regulation
Communities
By Sheila Amedodah, Political Consultant
Stick or twist? Looming review fuels debate about gambling regulation
The government’s plan to update regulations for gambling must balance campaigners’ calls for more stringent safeguards and stakeholders’ warnings that additional measures could stifle the industry and fuel black market betting.
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
UK CELEBRATES SUCCESS AT CANNES LIONS
UK remains in top three most awarded countries at the festival. 41 UK advertising companies took part in a trade mission
Round-The-Clock: Keeping Big Ben ticking
Culture
By John Johnston
Round-The-Clock: Keeping Big Ben ticking
As years of restoration work on Big Ben come to a close, one of Parliament’s clock keepers explains what makes him tick.
How advertising is addressing uncomfortable truths about its own industry Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
How advertising is addressing uncomfortable truths about its own industry

The Advertising Association has recognised the media companies and ad agencies driving real change in diversity and inclusion, as the industry sets out the next phase of its All In action plan, which was showcased in Parliament last week.
Advertising's Leaders Set Pathway to Net Zero Industry Worldwide Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Advertising's Leaders Set Pathway to Net Zero Industry Worldwide
Ad Net Zero Expansion Led By Advertisers, Agency Groups, Media & Trade Bodies
Companies Invited to Join Global Efforts To Drive Rapid Change
Refugee Week marked in Parliament with exhibition featuring portraits of refugee women
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
Refugee Week marked in Parliament with exhibition featuring portraits of refugee women
Refugee Week is being celebrated in Parliament with a special artistic exhibition of portraits featuring refugee women from around the world.
Extra Time: sport must be clean and fair or it is nothing
Culture
By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: sport must be clean and fair or it is nothing
A good friend, S, a Yorkshireman who loves his sport, told me a while ago he would never again watch athletics.
Partner content
Education
By Lloyds Banking Group
Insta-scam: how scammers are targeting younger users online
Scammers are deviously adaptable. From targeted phone-calls to vulnerable people, to phishing emails to online shoppers, there’s always a new kind of hustle being developed.
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
FIRST WAVE OF ALL IN CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED
Qualifying companies have provided evidence that they are championing All In’s work and have adopted the first six actions from its Action Plan
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
New DIT Great Global Trade Campaign Ad Kicks Off UK’s Cannes Lions 2022
40 UK advertising companies on Cannes Lions trade mission
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
ALL IN REVEALS NEXT THREE ACTIONS FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH, LGBTQ+ AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY
New actions will be added to advertising’s Inclusion Action Plan ahead of the announcement of companies qualifying as All In Champions
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Annette King, CEO of Publicis Groupe UK, appointed new Chair of the Advertising Association
King to support work on trust, inclusion, climate action & talent as outgoing chair Philippa Brown completes three-year term
Lord Howard: My Champions League ordeal
Culture
By Lord Howard
Lord Howard: My Champions League ordeal
The Champions League Final is the summit of European club football. It should be a splendid joyous occasion – and, in the past, that is usually, if not always what it has been.
Production skill shortage is threatening the British film and TV industries boom
Culture
By David Puttnam
Production skill shortage is threatening the British film and TV industries boom
Twenty-five years ago, I wrote a book on the film industry. What nobody – including myself – foresaw then was that the internet would create many immense, hugely lucrative opportunities.
Minister Says There Was “No Obvious Justification” For French Police Using Tear Gas At Champions League Final
Culture
Minister Says There Was “No Obvious Justification” For French Police Using Tear Gas At Champions League Final
Digital minister Chris Philp has said he was “horrified” to see pictures of football fans being doused in pepper spray and tear gas by French authorities at the UEFA Champions League final in Paris on Saturday.
Right now, the Online Safety Bill doesn’t go far enough to tackle harmful misinformation
Culture
By Will Moy
Right now, the Online Safety Bill doesn’t go far enough to tackle harmful misinformation
This landmark legislation should fight for freedom of expression and battle threats posed by bad information — at present, it falls short on both counts.
Extra Time: Paying women rugby professionals is long overdue
Culture
By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: Paying women rugby professionals is long overdue
Many sports federations do painfully little to advance to protect women's sport.
AA Launches UK Trade Mission to Cannes Lions in Partnership with DIT Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
AA Launches UK Trade Mission to Cannes Lions in Partnership with DIT
Special campaign and programme of events to be supported by the APA, Clear Channel, Channel 4, Framestore, M&C Saatchi, Pinterest, and PwC
Introducing an independent football regulator risks doing more harm than good
Culture
By Professor Len Shackleton
Introducing an independent football regulator risks doing more harm than good
Lord Triesman’s time at the Football Association was an unhappy one, and his frustrations with the existing system of governance are understandable.
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Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025