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Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Confidence Grows That Football Regulator Can Be In Place Within A Year
Culture
Football campaigners and MPs are confident a new football regulator could be made law in a year’s time, after a proposed Football Governance Bill to reform the Game was announced in the King’s Speech on Tuesday.
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
Culture
Government Has Already Started Hiring For Senior Football Regulator Role
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given 'Teeth'
Culture
Football Campaigners Want New Independent Regulator To Be Given "Teeth"
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Culture
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Sir Elton John Is Set To Visit Parliament
Culture
Sir Elton John Is Set To Visit Parliament
MPs Won't Conduct Phillip Schofield 'Witch Hunt' As ITV Bosses Face Grilling
Culture
MPs Won't Conduct Phillip Schofield "Witch Hunt" As ITV Bosses Face Grilling
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Culture
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
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Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
Culture
By Chris Woodgates
AI can help our favourite musicians live forever
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
Culture
By Baroness Kidron
AI is revolutionising the film industry but it must never replace writers
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Conservative MP To Push For Law To Avoid A “Post-Truth World” Online
Conservative MP To Push For Law To Avoid A “Post-Truth World” Online
Technology
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Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Watching politicians eat Australasian offal has become a light entertainment staple. Tali Fraser explores Westminster’s appetite for the jungle
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Culture
BBC Chair Broke Rules In Boris Johnson Loan Row – Here's What You Need To Know
Richard Sharp has resigned from his role of BBC Chair after an independent report concluded he was found to have broken the Governance Code over his relationship to former prime minister Boris Johnson's finances.
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Culture
By Rob Merrick
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Thirty years ago, in 1993, a new musical movement emerged that led to a flirtation between New Labour and Britpop. Rob Merrick takes a look at what this unlikely interaction between politics and popular music tell us about their relationship
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Ukraine needs a Marshall Plan to help restore and rebuild its looted cultural treasures
Culture
By Lord Cormack
Ukraine needs a Marshall Plan to help restore and rebuild its looted cultural treasures
Our papers have been full of shocking images of destruction but not enough attention has been given to the merciless attack on Ukraine’s cultural heritage
Top Stories: Keir Starmer Sets Out Five 'Missions', Independent Football Regulator To Be Launched
Culture
Top Stories: Keir Starmer Sets Out Five "Missions", Independent Football Regulator To Be Launched
Labour leader Keir Starmer is preparing to set out his five "missions" which will form key pledges in the party's next general election manifesto as he promised to restore "pride and purpose" in the UK.
Long-awaited football governance is needed to protect the future of northern clubs
Culture
By Sara Britcliffe MP
Long-awaited football governance is needed to protect the future of northern clubs
Few places illustrate the importance of professional football clubs to local communities than my constituency of Hyndburn.
When human rights conflict, we must find an approach that centres the rights of all
Culture
By Joanna Cherry MP
When human rights conflict, we must find an approach that centres the rights of all
In the rush to enshrine gender identity ideology in law, equality law and human rights risk being forgotten
History has taught us that our hard-won rights can be easily eroded – an attack on one is an attack on all
Culture
By Lord Cashman
History has taught us that our hard-won rights can be easily eroded – an attack on one is an attack on all
History is a powerful teacher that returns again and again until we learn the lessons.
UK Advertising Industry Releases New Campaign for SXSW Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
UK Advertising Industry Releases New Campaign for SXSW
UKAEG and DBT collaborate for UK's largest international showcase of innovation and creativity
The Bermondsey by-election was my baptism of fire
Culture
By Peter Tatchell
The Bermondsey by-election was my baptism of fire
This is LGBT+ History Month and the Bermondsey by-election on 24 February 1983 – 40 years ago – made history, mostly for the wrong reasons.
The show must go on: an interview with Kate Varah
Culture
By Nadine Batchelor-Hunt
The show must go on: an interview with Kate Varah
National Theatre executive director Kate Varah is fiercely proud of the institution and the levelling up opportunities it offers for the country. However, with a series of economic challenges on the horizon following Covid, she tells Nadine Batchelor-Hunt she’s concerned about the “headwinds” it is facing.
Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
Boots' CMO, Pete Markey, appointed Advertising Association's Front Foot Network Chair
London, 21 February 2023: The Advertising Association has announced the appointment of Pete Markey (Chief Marketing Officer, Boots UK) as the new Chair of Front Foot, the Advertising Association’s unique network of advertisers, media owners, agencies and tech companies. Together, they provide the resource and leadership to advance the voice of the UK advertising industry, leading on the delivery of key workstreams including Public Trust, All In and Ad Net Zero, while also funding Credos, UK advertising’s thinktank.
Lords Diary: Baroness Bull
Culture
By Baroness Bull
Lords Diary: Baroness Bull
Every year, regular as clockwork, February sees me back in Switzerland, at the Prix de Lausanne
We must fight to save Oldham Coliseum from shutting its doors for good
Culture
By Maxine Peake
We must fight to save Oldham Coliseum from shutting its doors for good
In 1885, Oldham Coliseum began its life as the Grand America Circus and Hippodrome. The theatre is situated right in the centre of Oldham and back then, like Bolton and other larger northern mill towns, it was surrounded by a dozen theatres and music halls.
We need better disability representation within the UK television supply chain Partner content
Culture
By Creative Diversity Network
We need better disability representation within the UK television supply chain
The effects of the pandemic have set the industry back, but the Creative Diversity Network believes that greater collaboration between industry and government can change that.
We are breathing new life into communities by funding arts around the country
Culture
By Lord Parkinson
We are breathing new life into communities by funding arts around the country
It is an enormous privilege to be the minister responsible for championing our world-class arts and cultural sector – and a great responsibility to do so in what continues to be a turbulent time for it and the brilliant people who sustain it.
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Culture
By Rob Merrick
Common People? When Britpop and politics met
Thirty years ago, in 1993, a new musical movement emerged that led to a flirtation between New Labour and Britpop. Rob Merrick takes a look at what this unlikely interaction between politics and popular music tell us about their relationship
The Tristram Hunt interview: 'If people want to rewrite a museum label, great!'
Culture
By Tali Fraser
The Tristram Hunt interview: "If people want to rewrite a museum label, great!"
Director of the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum and former Labour MP Tristram Hunt talks to Tali Fraser about rewriting gallery labels, turning off Netflix and the lack of tech billionaire donors.
Photography by Louise Haywood Schiefer
Partner content
Culture
By Betting And Gaming Council
BGC BACK RACING TV’S 'WRITE TO YOUR MP' CAMPAIGN
Betting and Gaming Council Chairman Brigid Simmonds OBE has today endorsed a new campaign from Racing TV enabling concerned horseracing fans to seek assurances from their MPs and DCMS Ministers.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport announces extra investment to support Paris Olympic and Paralympic preparations 
UK Sport has today confirmed an additional £4m of funding into summer Olympic and Paralympic sport as preparations gear up for the Paris 2024 Games.
BBC Chair Made 'Significant Errors Of Judgement' Over Boris Johnson Loan, MPs Say
Culture
BBC Chair Made "Significant Errors Of Judgement" Over Boris Johnson Loan, MPs Say
BBC Chair Richard Sharp made "significant errors of judgement" over his role in the facilitation of a loan to former prime minister Boris Johnson, MPs on the DCMS committee have concluded, in a report which calls on him to "consider the potential damage to trust" in the corporation caused by the affair.
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change Partner content
Health
By UK Sport
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change
Being a top-class athlete is about achieving dreams and ambitions in the sporting arena. But for many of the UK’s top athletes in 2023 it is also about driving and effecting lasting positive change in society.

Both athletes and MPs know that elite athletes are vital role models for our communities. And on issues such as period poverty, water quality, disability inclusion, and mental wellbeing, UK Sport’s Powered by Purpose programme provides British athletes with the opportunities and skills they need to power positive change in our communities.
BBC Chairman Denies Ever Giving Boris Johnson Financial Advice
Culture
BBC Chairman Denies Ever Giving Boris Johnson Financial Advice
Richard Sharp has admitted he met with then-prime minister Boris Johnson to discuss his intention to apply for the role of BBC chairman, but insisted he did not directly give Johnson financial advice.
The Online Safety Bill needs more robust protections for children – we cannot afford further delay
Culture
By Lord Curry
The Online Safety Bill needs more robust protections for children – we cannot afford further delay
Like many Members of the House of Lords, I am a grandparent. As with most grandfathers, when I see stories on the news of children harmed by social media, I am troubled.
We can no longer support the Online Safety Bill
Culture
By Ellen Judson and Kyle Taylor
We can no longer support the Online Safety Bill
Around the world, children are being exposed to violent and inappropriate content online with sometimes devastating results.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Tackling Racism & Racial Inequality in Sport Update
In the six months since the last update on progress and actions in response to the Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport (TRARIIS) review, extreme incidents of racism in sport have continued to remind us of the importance of the work we are doing to tackle racism and eradicate racial discrimination from the sporting system.
Broken Britain: why Liverpool Walton is the Levelling Up frontline
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Broken Britain: why Liverpool Walton is the Levelling Up frontline
Liverpool Walton spans the city’s two football clubs and is home to a myriad of problems which makes the constituency the most deprived in the country. Tali Fraser reports
EventsAll
Women in Local Government
2023
London
Women in Local Government
Women into Leadership Liverpool
2024
Liverpool
Women into Leadership Liverpool
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service Online
2024
Online
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service Online
Women into Leadership Cardiff
2024
Cardiff
Women into Leadership Cardiff