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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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Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Political parties
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
By Baroness Kishwer Falkner
Social affairs
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results
Communities
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
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Political parties
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success
Environment
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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
Culture news
Bookmakers: social responsibility is at the heart of everything we do Partner content
Culture
By Association of British Bookmakers
Bookmakers: social responsibility is at the heart of everything we do
Reflecting on a testing time for the betting industry, MPs and industry professionals speaking at the Association of British Bookmakers’ AGM stressed the importance of responsible gambling, and for members to stand proud in the face of negative press coverage.
Why would FOBT stake reduction 'tie the Government’s hands?' Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Why would FOBT stake reduction 'tie the Government’s hands?'
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes following the recent House of Lords second reading of the Gambling (Categorisation and Use of B2 Gaming Machines) Bill.
Travel and tourism make a compelling case to ‘remain’
Culture
By Nigel Huddleston MP
Travel and tourism make a compelling case to ‘remain’
Culture, Media and Sport Committee member Nigel Huddleston MP writes why he will be voting to 'remain' on 23rd June and that the UK travel & tourism sector's success is crucial to our EU membership.
Partner content
Culture
By Institute of Customer Service
ICS: Falling customer satisfaction in telecoms sector 'unsustainable'
Responding to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes' article and debate on BT service standards today, in which she has called for the Government to impose statutory compensation standards on the telecoms industry for poor service, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service Jo Causon said:
Telecoms industry ‘lagging far behind’ on service standards
Culture
By Caroline Nokes MP
Telecoms industry ‘lagging far behind’ on service standards
Ahead of her Parliamentary debate today, Conservative MP Caroline Nokes calls for the Government to impose statutory compensation standards on the telecoms industry for poor service.
Dear Chancellor - Please get your FOBT sums right! Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Dear Chancellor - Please get your FOBT sums right!
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls on the Chancellor ahead of next week's Budget to consider increasing the remote gambling tax rate from 15% to 20 or 25%.
An English National Anthem is long overdue, why would anyone want to block it? Partner content
Culture
By England in My Heart
An English National Anthem is long overdue, why would anyone want to block it?
On the day the English National Anthem Bill returns to the Commons for 2nd reading the Campaign Director for 'England in My Heart' believes that 'all English MPs should vote for this Bill'.
Partner content
Culture
By Association of British Bookmakers
Statement on funding system for horse racing
Following the Government announcement on a new system for funding horse racing, an ABB spokesman said:
Fixed odds betting terminals 'can wreck peoples’ lives'
Culture
By David Amess MP
Fixed odds betting terminals 'can wreck peoples’ lives'
The Conservative MP for Southend West writes about the dangers of addiction to fixed odds betting terminals in betting shops. He hopes more can be done to ensure young and vulnerable people are discouraged from this harmful addiction.
The DCMS FOBT evaluation is devalued - Part One Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
The DCMS FOBT evaluation is devalued - Part One
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about the DCMS Evaluation which was recently made public ahead of the 2016 Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes.
Partner content
Culture
By Swim England
Water safety group's call to action to reduce drowning
A national drowning prevention strategy that aims to halve the number of fatal incidents on or near water will be launched on 29 February by Transport Minister Robert Goodwill MP.
MPs have called on bookmakers to do more to protect the welfare of greyhounds Partner content
Environment
By PoliticsHome
MPs have called on bookmakers to do more to protect the welfare of greyhounds
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published a report today urging the Government to consider a statutory levy on bookmakers to improve protections for dogs both during their racing career and in retirement.
Partner content
Environment
By Blue Cross
Blue Cross responds to Greyhound welfare report
Steve Goody, Deputy Chief Executive at Blue Cross, said:
FOBT research - conspiracy, corruption: both or neither? Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
FOBT research - conspiracy, corruption: both or neither?
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is critical of research into the impact of fixed odds betting terminals and believes this has delayed political action on stake reduction.
Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Statement in response to the Responsible Gambling Trust on The Times article and news of the Charity Commission investigation in a Daily Express article
Responding to an article in The Times entitled Gambling charity faces inquiry into its industry links, the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) issued a statement containing a number of misleading assertions.
'Perverse' investigation into gambling shops lacks evidential sources Partner content
Culture
By Association of British Bookmakers
'Perverse' investigation into gambling shops lacks evidential sources
The Association of British Bookmakers calls for a focus on facts over myths, in reaction to a recent investigation into gambling problems and betting shops.
Bookies fighting against EU money laundering laws to protect FOBT revenues Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Bookies fighting against EU money laundering laws to protect FOBT revenues
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling argues that FOBT gambling needs to be included in the 4th EU money laundering directive which would require any gambler staking over £1,500 in the same venue, in one day, to provide ID verification.
MP blasts world cup sponsors’ ‘silence’ over FIFA corruption scandal Partner content
Culture
By Dods Monitoring
MP blasts world cup sponsors’ ‘silence’ over FIFA corruption scandal
Conservative MP Nigel Mills has expressed his regret over the “sad silence of world cup sponsors” in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal.
Bookies hiding betting shop FOBT crime statistics Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
Bookies hiding betting shop FOBT crime statistics
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is clear that DCMS should not be swayed by misleading statistics and presentations ahead of the upcoming Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes.
It’s time we started taking sports crime far more seriously
Culture
By Damian Collins MP
It’s time we started taking sports crime far more seriously
DCMS Select Committee member Damian Collins writes ahead of tonight's Anti-Corruption APPG event entitled 'The FIFA corruption story: what happened? and where next for world football?'.
FOBTs – the Government’s high stakes gamble
Culture
By Carolyn Harris MP
FOBTs – the Government’s high stakes gamble
Carolyn Harris, Labour MP for Swansea East, follows up her recent question to the Prime Minister on fixed odds betting terminals and says she sees first-hand the effects of these machines on the lives of her constituents.
FOBT crime and money-laundering - there is a lot of it about! Partner content
Culture
By Campaign for Fairer Gambling
FOBT crime and money-laundering - there is a lot of it about!
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is concerned that not enough is being done to prevent vulnerable problem gamblers from becoming addicted to using Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) ahead of the DCMS Triennial Review consultation.
Cycling must be part of an effective transport policy
Culture
By Chris Green MP
Cycling must be part of an effective transport policy
Conservative MP Chris Green writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on 'Government investment in cycling'.
'Adequate' mobile phone signal is not good enough for users
Culture
By Alistair Carmichael MP
'Adequate' mobile phone signal is not good enough for users
Former Secretary of State for Scotland writes ahead of presenting his 'Mobile Telecommunications Network Coverage Bill' in Parliament today which calls on mobile phone providers to improve their service provision, which is barely adequate in some parts of the UK.
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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