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British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
British Art Scene Feels Brexit Bite
Culture
The art industry is calling on ministers to reduce post-Brexit red tape that is leading to the cancellation of exhibitions and delays of over a month for pieces heading to Europe.
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
Rishi Sunak Won't Confirm If Next BBC Chair Will Be A Non-Political Appointment
Culture
Rishi Sunak Won't Confirm If Next BBC Chair Will Be A Non-Political Appointment
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
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
The House Live
Lords Diary: Lord Thurso
Culture
By Lord Thurso
Lords Diary: Lord Thurso
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes
Out of Home Advertising: Unlocking Investment in Infrastructure Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Out of Home Advertising: Unlocking Investment in Infrastructure
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Tories Are Starkly Divided Over Suella Braverman's Rise To The Top
Tories Are Starkly Divided Over Suella Braverman's Rise To The Top
Political parties
Only the right gambling reforms will protect investment, jobs and raise standards Partner content
Only the right gambling reforms will protect investment, jobs and raise standards
By Betting And Gaming Council
Health
It’s time for social media and technology companies to put a stop to fraud Partner content
It’s time for social media and technology companies to put a stop to fraud
By TSB
Economy
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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
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
Culture news
Partner content
Culture
By Law Commission
Online Safety Bill to include Law Commission recommendation targeting the encouragement of serious self-harm
Last week the Government announced that it will update the Online Safety Bill to include the Law Commission’s recommendation to make encouraging or assisting serious self-harm an offence.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport International Partnership Programme – growing para archery across Africa
As part of UK Sport’s commitment to using the power of sport to inspire positive change, UK Sport’s International Relations team have been supporting Archery GB’s work promoting and supporting the growth of para archery across African nations.
Footballers face yellow cards – but the LGBT community risks a much graver threat
Culture
By Clive Betts MP
Footballers face yellow cards – but the LGBT community risks a much graver threat
The English and Welsh football teams, as well as seven other nations, took the decision to wear the OneLove armband during their World Cup games in Qatar to promote the positive message of diversity and inclusion in the game in a country where homosexuality is illegal.
Changing of the Lord: How Lord Carrington became the new Lord Great Chamberlain
Culture
By Daniel Brittain
Changing of the Lord: How Lord Carrington became the new Lord Great Chamberlain
The King was not the only person to inherit a new role following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September. Almost unnoticed was the departure of the sovereign’s representative in Parliament, the Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Cholmondeley, who lost his job with the demise of the monarch. As Daniel Brittain reports, the new occupant of the hereditary office held by three different families is Lord Carrington
Improving working conditions for female football players requires a change in culture
Culture
By Julie Elliott MP
Improving working conditions for female football players requires a change in culture
The Lionesses’ Euro 2022 win at Wembley in the summer was not only the culmination of a tournament in which England dominated at every stage, but of the commitment and drive of so many in the game for so many years, from the grassroots to the elite levels of the sport.
Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
TWO THIRDS OF PUNTERS BELIEVE NANNY STATE SPENDING LIMITS ON BETTING WOULD SPARK A RISE IN GAMBLING BLACK MARKET
Compulsory spending limits on betting risks driving more people to the unsafe, unregulated gambling black market, say 67 per cent of punters.
Arts festival widely dubbed ‘Festival of Brexit’ claims 18 million visitors
Culture
By Eleanor Langford
Arts festival widely dubbed ‘Festival of Brexit’ claims 18 million visitors
Unboxed, the arts festival widely called the “Festival of Brexit” says it has achieved an audience of 18 million people – but just 2.8 million people attended the events in person.
Investment in Rugby League will help level up communities across the UK
Culture
By Mark Pawsey MP
Investment in Rugby League will help level up communities across the UK
As the Member of Parliament for Rugby, the town where William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in 1823 and ran with it, and which gave its name to the sport, some might think I am obliged to be one of the game’s most vocal supporters. But the truth is that long before I set foot in Westminster, I have been passionate about rugby.
Fifa must be held accountable and compensate migrant workers suffering abuses in Qatar
Culture
By Clive Efford MP
Fifa must be held accountable and compensate migrant workers suffering abuses in Qatar
When the Fifa World Cup kicks off in Qatar on 20 November, it will be one of the darkest days in the history of this amazing sport.
Tech companies failing to tackle fraud should face penalties
Culture
By Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Tech companies failing to tackle fraud should face penalties
When I last wrote in February about the rise in rampant fraud, the fraud minister had just resigned, fraud made up over 40 per cent of crime against individuals, and the Ukraine crisis was being exploited by malicious fraudsters to con victims. Little has changed.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Birmingham to host 2026 European Athletics Championships after Commonwealth success
Birmingham has today been announced as the host of the 2026 European Athletics Championships – the first time that the European Athletics Championships will take place in the United Kingdom.
New Parliamentary Standards Commissioner sees education and outreach as key to restoring trust
Culture
New Parliamentary Standards Commissioner sees education and outreach as key to restoring trust
Daniel Greenberg, who takes over as the new Parliamentary Standards Commissioner in January, sees education on standards and mending the narrative around MPs as key to restoring voters’ trust in politics after a string of scandals.
We cannot afford yet another delay to the Online Safety Bill
Culture
By Sir Peter Wanless
We cannot afford yet another delay to the Online Safety Bill
As Rishi Sunak starts his second week as Prime Minister, we estimate more than 800 sex offences against children online will likely have been reported to police in England and Wales since he walked into No 10.
Police Watchdog Warns Misogyny, Sexism And Predatory Behaviour Still Prevalent In Many Forces
Communities
Police Watchdog Warns Misogyny, Sexism And Predatory Behaviour Still Prevalent In Many Forces
The independent inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) have warned that a culture of misogyny, sexism and predatory behaviour towards members of the public and female colleagues persists across many UK police forces today.
Remembering Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick dispute
Culture
By Kim Johnson MP
Remembering Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick dispute
As the first Black Member of Parliament to represent Liverpool – home to the oldest established Black community in Europe – it means a lot to look back and remember the women on whose shoulders I stand.
Why I Set Up Black History Walks
Culture
By Tony Warner
Why I Set Up Black History Walks
I set up Black History Walks to prevent the further erasure of our histories
Women Making History Today: Joan, Malorie and Sharon
Communities
By Kate Osamor MP
Women Making History Today: Joan, Malorie and Sharon
The philosopher Thomas Carlyle suggested history was best understood as the "biography of great men". The House disagrees — and has invited parliamentarians this Black History Month to spotlight inspirational Black women.
Althea McNish: artist and textile pioneer
Communities
By Baroness Young of Hornsey
Althea McNish: artist and textile pioneer
The philosopher Thomas Carlyle suggested history was best understood as the "biography of great men". The House disagrees — and has invited parliamentarians this Black History Month to spotlight inspirational Black women.
What the viral 'Jerry from Lowestoft' LBC clip says about race in Britain today
Communities
By Sangita Myska
What the viral "Jerry from Lowestoft" LBC clip says about race in Britain today
It’s the moment a video clip from my LBC radio programme was used by TV host Trevor Noah to open The Daily Show, thereby beaming it into the homes of millions of Americans, that I realised my conversation with the now infamous “Jerry from Lowestoft” had morphed into a socio-political phenomenon.
New EHRC guidance highlights the importance of tackling Afro hair discrimination
Communities
By L'myah Sherae
New EHRC guidance highlights the importance of tackling Afro hair discrimination
Take a minute to think back to your childhood. Imagine getting ready for school, dressed in your uniform, excited for the day.
Flagship Online Safety Bill Delayed For Second Time In Four Months
Culture
Flagship Online Safety Bill Delayed For Second Time In Four Months
The Online Safety Bill has been dropped from Commons business for the second time in four months, despite pledges it would return “in the autumn”.
Our criminal system is broken: we must prioritise care in our communities
Culture
By Temi Mwale
Our criminal system is broken: we must prioritise care in our communities
When I was 15 years old, my friend was murdered.
Race, Publishing and Me
Communities
By Hena J. Bryan
Race, Publishing and Me
Black, Brown, Asian and ethnic minority people and our communities often feature in literary works by white writers.
Stormzy’s ‘Mel Made Me Do It’ and the Nuances of Representing Black British Communities
Culture
By Nicolas Tyrell-Scott
Stormzy’s ‘Mel Made Me Do It’ and the Nuances of Representing Black British Communities
Galvanising an instantly primed audience — both domestically and beyond borders — the music video for the rapper Stormzy’s Mel Made Me Do It, was an instant draw upon its release released on 23 September, sitting atop Twitter’s trending topics within moments of its premiere.
EventsAll
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service London
2023
London
Unlocking the Senior Civil Service London
Women in Education
2023
Women in Education
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
2023
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership London
Energy Security & Green Infrastructure Week 2023
2023
Online
Energy Security & Green Infrastructure Week 2023