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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
The House Live
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
The BBC World Service is vital in an increasingly dangerous world
Culture
By Baroness Helic
The BBC World Service is vital in an increasingly dangerous world
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Unspoken Tension Mounts In Conservative Party Over Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plans
Unspoken Tension Mounts In Conservative Party Over Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plans
Home affairs
Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70
Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70
Political parties
Tory MPs Back Sir Elton John's Call For Ban On Conversion Therapy
Tory MPs Back Sir Elton John's Call For Ban On Conversion Therapy
Home affairs
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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
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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.
The significance of diaspora
Communities
By Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata
The significance of diaspora
More than 150 million Africans form part of what the African Union (AU) describes as Africa’s sixth region, the diaspora.
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
ALL IN CENSUS RETURNS ON MARCH 15, 2023
People asked for data to help build a workplace where everyone belongs
Tackling stereotypes this Rugby League World Cup Partner content
Culture
By The National Lottery
Tackling stereotypes this Rugby League World Cup
Now the Rugby League World Cup has kicked off, the sport is inspiring players to join National Lottery Funded projects such as the Learning Disability Super League, giving people with learning disabilities and autism the chance to play rugby league for the clubs they love.
Scrum down, level-up
Culture
By Judith Cummins MP
Scrum down, level-up
The Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) is underway, teams from around the globe have gathered in the birthplace of the sport, the majority in the heartlands of working-class communities of our northern towns and cities. Rugby League is coming home, and there is much to celebrate and marvel at, both on the pitch and beyond.
No, ‘Blacks’ did not ‘sell Blacks into slavery’
Communities
By Nels Abbey
No, ‘Blacks’ did not ‘sell Blacks into slavery’
We must find out where the government's £120m Unboxed festival went so wrong
Culture
By Julian Knight MP
We must find out where the government's £120m Unboxed festival went so wrong
Unboxed, the 2022 UK-wide festival of creativity, is nearly finished! You would be forgiven for not knowing that. Or that it had started in the first place.
The PSTI Bill will unleash rural connectivity and boost productivity
Culture
By Selaine Saxby MP
The PSTI Bill will unleash rural connectivity and boost productivity
This month marks the 10 year anniversary of 4G rollout. Since then, countless communities have benefited from enhanced connectivity.
The lady's not for u-turning, but the Telecoms Bill is another disaster waiting to happen
Culture
By Anna Turley
The lady's not for u-turning, but the Telecoms Bill is another disaster waiting to happen
Grassroots sports clubs on the verge of shutting down, hospitals facing a financial black hole, churches at risk of going under. To most governments, policy that threatened to devastate community groups in this way would be seen as an abject failure.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport launches development programme for leaders in high-performance sport
This week UK Sport has launched its 18-month development programme, ‘Leading To Perform’, for leaders in the high-performance sport community. The programme is designed to enhance leadership potential within performance senior leadership team roles.
National Audit Office to launch inquiry into Unboxed festival
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
National Audit Office to launch inquiry into Unboxed festival
The National Audit Office has announced an inquiry into Unboxed, dubbed the “Festival of Brexit”, after The House magazine revealed it had cost the government £120m but seen just 238,000 visitors.
Collective action must be a priority
Communities
By Athian Akec
Collective action must be a priority
For young Black people things are coming together, yet falling apart
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport signs UN Sports for Climate Action framework and makes net zero commitment
UK Sport becomes a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action, committing to halving our carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving net-zero by 2040.
Savage cuts to the BBC World Service make a mockery of Global Britain
Culture
By Lord Alton
Savage cuts to the BBC World Service make a mockery of Global Britain
Throughout the autumn of 2022 the BBC will be celebrating its 100 year anniversary.
Pastimes: Tracey Crouch's love of football
Culture
By Rosamund Urwin
Pastimes: Tracey Crouch's love of football
In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Tracey Crouch explains her love of football.
Labour’s next manifesto must tackle the harm caused by gambling
Culture
By Carolyn Harris MP
Labour’s next manifesto must tackle the harm caused by gambling
It was a Labour government that introduced current gambling legislation in 2005, but few could have foreseen the damage that was to come.
Pastimes: Chi Onwurah extols the delights of wild swimming
Culture
By Rosamund Urwin
Pastimes: Chi Onwurah extols the delights of wild swimming
In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Chi Onwurah extols the delights of wild swimming.
Grahame Morris MP: How the betting and gaming industry is closing the opportunity gap in the North East Partner content
Communities
By Betting And Gaming Council
Grahame Morris MP: How the betting and gaming industry is closing the opportunity gap in the North East
Britain is in the grip of dramatic change. A new Head of State, a new Prime Minister and new policy priorities. Amidst these seismic shifts, one priority endures, the need to level up the UK.
EventsAll
Women in Policing
2023
London
Women in Policing
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