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Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The "Modern Internet Age"
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Labour MP Alex Ballinger has said that the government move to introduce a statutory levy on gambling is a “drop in the ocean” to tackle the harms caused by betting firms to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future
Culture
License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future
Easy Ride: Labour Clears Planning Obstacles To Make Way For Theme Park Britain
Culture
Easy Ride: Labour Clears Planning Obstacles To Make Way For Theme Park Britain
'The Stage Actually Collapsed': Parliamentarians Share Their Best Gig And Festival Memories
Culture
"The Stage Actually Collapsed": Parliamentarians Share Their Best Gig And Festival Memories
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Culture
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Opinion
Macron is right – let's revive the school French exchange to secure a future together
Culture
By Tonia Antoniazzi MP
Macron is right – let's revive the school French exchange to secure a future together
To bring the 2029 World Athletics Championships to the UK, we need government backing now
Communities
By Sanjay Bhandari
To bring the 2029 World Athletics Championships to the UK, we need government backing now
The reconstruction of Glasgow’s ‘Mack’ is a work for all of the UK
Culture
By Torcuil Crichton MP
The reconstruction of Glasgow’s ‘Mack’ is a work for all of the UK
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Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Labour Peers Want New Rules For Lords Debates After A Rise In Midnight Sittings
Parliament
UK Space Commander: 'Highly Likely' First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
UK Space Commander: "Highly Likely" First Assault On UK Will Be In Space
Defence
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
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'Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined': MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
"Young Women's Bodies Are Not Resources To Be Mined": MPs Back Changes To Egg Donation Rules
Health
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Keir Starmer Suspends Four Labour MPs Over Backbench Rebellions
Political parties
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The "Modern Internet Age"
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The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Culture
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
As briefings against DCMS and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy abound, Sophie Church and Sienna Rodgers explore why the department is so embattled and what its future might look like
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very disappointing’ approach to the creative industries
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
Culture
By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
The tripwires for Tracey Crouch’s excellent Fan-Led Review of Football Governance were the vain-glorious announcement of the “European Super League”, the collapse of Bury FC and near-insolvency of 45 other clubs, the pandemic and, of course, a Conservative manifesto commitment likely to figure in the Queen’s Speech.
Minister Says Westminster Has A 'Fundamental Problem' With Work Culture As MPs Reckon With Sexism Scandal
Culture
Minister Says Westminster Has A "Fundamental Problem" With Work Culture As MPs Reckon With Sexism Scandal
There is a “fundamental problem” with Westminster work culture, which has been created by a “poisonous” mix of drinking and long hours, the defence secretary Ben Wallace has said.
Pandemic recovery boosts UK AdSpend to record level of £32BN in 2021 Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Pandemic recovery boosts UK AdSpend to record level of £32BN in 2021
Growth of £8bn above original forecasts powered by boom in online sector but also increasing cost of advertising.
Ofcom Should Have Powers To Regulate Consent In Porn, Home Affairs Committee Chair Says
Culture
Ofcom Should Have Powers To Regulate Consent In Porn, Home Affairs Committee Chair Says
The chair of the home affairs committee has called for the Online Safety Bill to include new powers for media regulator Ofcom to investigate whether adult entertainers have properly consented to appear in pornographic films.
Minister Describes Sexist Briefings By Tory MPs As “Misogynistic Abuse”
Culture
Minister Describes Sexist Briefings By Tory MPs As “Misogynistic Abuse”
Tech and Digital Economy Minister Chris Philp has said he felt “appalled” by unfounded sexist accusations from MPs in his party that Angela Rayner crosses and uncrosses her legs in front of Boris Johnson to distract him in the Commons.
Veteran Tory Gives YouTube An Ultimatum After He Was 'Cancelled' Over Covid Misinformation
Culture
Veteran Tory Gives YouTube An Ultimatum After He Was "Cancelled" Over Covid Misinformation
Tory grandee Sir Christopher Chope has written to YouTube warning the streaming platform that if it does not reverse its decision to block a video of the MP delivering a speech in the Commons that criticises Covid vaccination, he will proceed with a formal complaint.
Working together to tackle the causes, not just the consequences, of fraud Partner content
Education
By TSB
Working together to tackle the causes, not just the consequences, of fraud
In the three minutes it will take you to read this article, another £1,500 will have been stolen by fraudsters.
Safeguarding the Metaverse: Why regulation must not lose pace with emerging technologies Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Safeguarding the Metaverse: Why regulation must not lose pace with emerging technologies
Technological change can be rapid and bewildering. Aspects of technology that are now commonplace would have been simply unimaginable just a few years ago.
The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to end years of industry inaction on child safety
Culture
By Sir Peter Wanless
The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to end years of industry inaction on child safety
Olivia (pseudonym) was 15 when she called Childline in despair.
Privatising Channel 4 would be a loss for democracy
Culture
By Tobias Ellwood
Privatising Channel 4 would be a loss for democracy
In August 2009, I was visiting Washington DC when TV channels interrupted their broadcasts with breaking news. Senator Ted Kennedy was dead.
MPs are champing at the bit for this year’s Grand National Partner content
Communities
By Betting and Gaming Council
MPs are champing at the bit for this year’s Grand National
Over 40 MPs from both sides of the House have backed a BGC initiative by placing bets on the world’s greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, which runs on Saturday, to raise money for charity.
Boris Johnson Says 'Complexities and Sensitivities' Are Preventing Trans Conversion Therapy Ban
Culture
Boris Johnson Says "Complexities and Sensitivities" Are Preventing Trans Conversion Therapy Ban
The Prime Minister has confirmed trans people will not be included in the government’s upcoming ban on conversion therapy due to “complexities and sensitivities”.
Government Says Netflix And Amazon Are “Eating Channel 4’s Lunch” After Privatisation Backlash
Culture
Government Says Netflix And Amazon Are “Eating Channel 4’s Lunch” After Privatisation Backlash
A senior government source has claimed global streaming giants including Netflix and Amazon are “eating Channel 4’s lunch” after a number of Tory MPs criticised plans to sell the publicly-owned broadcaster.
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