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Government Plans To "Re-Examine" Case For Selling Off Channel 4

20 Sep Culture

New Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has said ministers plan to “re-examine the business case” for selling Channel 4, a proposal that had caused severe backlash within industry when suggested by Nadine Dorries.

06 Sep Culture

Nadine Dorries Resigns As Culture Secretary Despite Offer To Stay In Post

01 Sep Culture

Government Accused Of "Squandering" Money On "Catastrophic" Project Dubbed "Festival Of Brexit"

27 Jul Culture

Government Does Not Rule Out Contributing To Eurovision Costs, But Won't Promise ‘Blank Cheques’

28 Apr Culture

Minister Says Westminster Has A "Fundamental Problem" With Work Culture As MPs Reckon With Sexism Scandal

25 Apr Culture

Ofcom Should Have Powers To Regulate Consent In Porn, Home Affairs Committee Chair Says

25 Apr Culture

Minister Describes Sexist Briefings By Tory MPs As “Misogynistic Abuse”

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04 Oct Culture

Savage cuts to the BBC World Service make a mockery of Global Britain

03 Oct Culture

Pastimes: Tracey Crouch's love of football

28 Sep Culture

Labour’s next manifesto must tackle the harm caused by gambling

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31 Aug Culture

£120m government event born of 'Festival of Brexit' has seen just 238,000 visitors

Exclusive: Unboxed, the arts festival widely dubbed the "festival of Brexit", has seen just 238,000 visitors, against its organisers' initial "stretch target" of 66 million.

26 Jul Culture

Last Dance? How our music scene is under threat from the gradual decline of nightclubs

In a country where clouds have a habit of blocking out the sun most days, our music scene is one of our brightest lights. Yet as Charlotte Tosti reports, this is under threat from the gradual decline of nightclubs

24 Jul Culture

First Past the Post: MPs and peers on their parliamentary sports teams

From football and rugby to rifle shooting and netball, Sienna Rodgers talks to MPs and peers about what it means to be a good sport in Parliament

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20 Jul Culture

Nadine Dorries: Great British summer of sport is showcasing that we are open to the world

A decade on from the London 2012 Olympic Games, this year we are proving once again that nobody does it better than the United Kingdom when it comes to hosting major sporting events.

We need to raise awareness of Honour Based Abuse to protect our communities

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20 Jul Communities

We need to raise awareness of Honour Based Abuse to protect our communities

Last Thursday (July 14th) was the Day of Memory for victims of Honour Based Abuse and National Lottery-funded charities have been calling for increased visibility, reporting and understanding of Honour-Based Abuse (HBA), to ensure survivors get the right support.

20 Jul Communities

Breaking the taboo around honour based abuse

Honour based abuse is nothing of the sort. It is rooted not in honour but in patriarchy and child abuse. July 14th was the Day of Memory for victims of Honour Based Abuse and Parliament and our communities need to take action.

19 Jul Culture

Kevin Brennan: Government must do more to remove barriers facing musicians and crew touring the EU

When it comes to music, the United Kingdom is simply the best. Our touring musicians and their crew fill venues large and small across the world. They helped generate £2.9 billion in UK exports pre-pandemic.

19 Jul Culture

The Mountbatten diaries: a lesson in censorship and abuse of power

The personal papers of Earl Mountbatten and his wife Edwina have finally been published, leaving me none the wiser as to why they were withheld – and with sizeable legal costs

18 Jul Culture

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

16 Jul Culture

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.

12 Jul Culture

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

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05 Jul Education

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.

04 Jul Culture

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'.

04 Jul Communities

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.

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01 Jul Culture

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

30 Jun Culture

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

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27 Jun Education

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

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23 Jun Culture

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

21 Jun Culture

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.

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15 Jun Education

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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14 Jun Culture

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

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13 Jun Culture

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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09 Jun Culture

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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07 Jun Culture

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

06 Jun Culture

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.

30 May Culture

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.

26 May Culture

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.

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10 Oct 2022

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Building & Fire Safety: Achieving regulatory compliance

13 Oct 2022

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Building & Fire Safety: Achieving regulatory compliance

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20 Oct 2022

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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London

20 Oct 2022

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