The CEO of Active Communities Network and the Director of Sustainability, Lucozade Ribena Suntory write about the B Active programme and call on the Government to bring together a national plan for closing the gap deprived communities face in sport participation.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling asks questions about research into gambling-related harm.

Lord Naseby tabled his question a month ago to bring into the open the possible impact of the BBC deciding in 2020 not to continue the scheme, which started in 2000, that any individual 75 or over is entitled to a concessionary TV licence.

The British TV industry is no longer just about Public Service Broadcasters it is a thriving mixed ecology of different players, which the UK is particularly brilliant at encouraging - says COBA Chair  Heather Jones. 

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has warned betting firms and banks that they could face a ban on the use of credit cards for gambling.

Former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale tells PoliticsHome why the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has made global protections for journalists more urgent than ever.

Former Treasury minister Stephen Timms MP writes about recent changes to gambling policy in light of changes he brought forward in Government twenty years ago. He writes that despite promising to behave responsibly, Bookmakers "simply let greed rip, fleecing vulnerable punters without restraint for years".

A new partnership is turning the tide on inactivity by creating a nation of swimmers.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that despite Brexit dominating Westminster politics, legislation reducing the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 a spin on 1st April 2019 has now completed its passage through parliament.

77 churches and chapels in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are sharing in a £430,000 Christmas grant payout from the National Churches Trust, the charity supporting church buildings of all Christian denominations across the UK.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about changes to FOBT stake levels which will come into force in 2019 and predicts that further reforms to the remote gambling sector might now follow.

From the British Museum to the V&A, we need to be getting our ‘towels on the beach’ before anyone else using the vast repository of British culture and cultural institutions, writes Tim Loughton

Scottish Conservative MP Stephen Kerr writes following his House of Commons Adjournment debate on Community Broadband.

Since the referendum, Melvyn Bragg has made it his business to familiarise himself with all things Brexit. The broadcaster fears that leaving the EU will be a disaster for the country – but sees a way out for his party and Theresa May. He talks to Sebastian Whale 

Theresa May has been forced to bring forward a clampdown on fixed odds betting terminals after a major revolt by Tory MPs.

Betting shops will comply with the timing that the Government sets for the £2 stake implementation.

Boris Johnson is set to cause a fresh headache for Theresa May as he joins up to 60 MPs rebelling over delays to a clampdown on gambling machines.

Former Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael writes ahead of his House of Commons Adjournment debate on the potential effect of a VAT reduction on the tourism industry.

The Cabinet minister responsible for media and culture has admitted he does not read newspapers or have a paid subscription to any news outlets.

SNP MP Ronnie Cowan calls on former DCMS minister Tracey Crouch to join the APPG on FOBTs and use her knowledge to ensure it holds the government to account on this issue.

Tracey Crouch has resigned as sports minister over the Government's decision to delay a crackdown on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.

Angry Conservative MPs have hit out at the Government for delaying a major clampdown on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals.

The Bank of England should grant Mary Seacole the honour of being the first woman of colour to appear on a British bank note, writes Wes Streeting MP.  

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is calling for swift introduction of changes to stake levels for fixed odds betting terminals announced by the government in May. It states: "The implementation date must be no later than April 2019, and if that’s not announced in either the Budget or imminent legislation, then the government risks losing both a vote in the House of Commons and any moral high ground on gambling reform".