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Easy Ride: Labour Clears Planning Obstacles To Make Way For Theme Park Britain
Easy Ride: Labour Clears Planning Obstacles To Make Way For Theme Park Britain
Culture
Labour is proudly overturning decades of planning obstacles suffered by theme parks to make way for a new Universal resort in Bedford. Sienna Rodgers explores how ministers are getting it over the line and what the park will offer
'The Stage Actually Collapsed': Parliamentarians Share Their Best Gig And Festival Memories
Culture
"The Stage Actually Collapsed": Parliamentarians Share Their Best Gig And Festival Memories
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Culture
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Faith, Politics and Me: Peter Prinsley
Culture
Faith, Politics and Me: Peter Prinsley
Andy Burnham Leads Calls For Government To Tackle Dementia In Football
Culture
Andy Burnham Leads Calls For Government To Tackle Dementia In Football
Opinion
To bring the 2029 World Athletics Championships to the UK, we need government backing now
Communities
By Sanjay Bhandari
To bring the 2029 World Athletics Championships to the UK, we need government backing now
The reconstruction of Glasgow’s ‘Mack’ is a work for all of the UK
Culture
By Torcuil Crichton MP
The reconstruction of Glasgow’s ‘Mack’ is a work for all of the UK
London needs culture to be at the heart of our EU reset
Culture
By Rachel Blake MP
London needs culture to be at the heart of our EU reset
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Labour MPs In Heated Row Following Jeremy Corbyn's Gaza Vote
Labour MPs In Heated Row Following Jeremy Corbyn's Gaza Vote
Parliament
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
Economy
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
Health
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
Everything You Need To Know About The MP Vote On Decriminalising Abortion
Everything You Need To Know About The MP Vote On Decriminalising Abortion
Health
MPs Vote To Decriminalise Abortion
MPs Vote To Decriminalise Abortion
Health
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The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
Culture
The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?
As briefings against DCMS and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy abound, Sophie Church and Sienna Rodgers explore why the department is so embattled and what its future might look like
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would 'Legalise Theft'
Culture
Equity's Paul W Fleming: Labour AI Plan For Creatives Would "Legalise Theft"
Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very disappointing’ approach to the creative industries
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Environment
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it struggles with increasing financial pressure and a furious row with part of the boating community, has the experiment failed? Alan White investigates. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Culture news
Pastimes: To the theatre with Margaret Hodge
Culture
By Rosamund Urwin
Pastimes: To the theatre with Margaret Hodge
In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Margaret Hodge takes her to the theatre
Football white paper is the first step to giving fans and players a greater role in football governance
Culture
By Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Football white paper is the first step to giving fans and players a greater role in football governance
I cautiously welcome the government’s white paper on football reforms as a small step in the right direction.
The Gambling White Paper: A test of the Government's commitment to horse racing Partner content
Health
By Betting and Gaming Council
The Gambling White Paper: A test of the Government's commitment to horse racing
Rishi is a racing fan. When it comes to protecting racing in the Gambling White Paper, it’s vital he doesn’t fall at the first.
Government must step up support for vital local journalism as more readers move online
Culture
By Damian Green MP
Government must step up support for vital local journalism as more readers move online
One of the strengths of select committees is their ability to shine a light on some aspects of life which are wrongly neglected.
Attempts to level up the arts with less money in the pot has only left the sector worse off
Culture
By Earl of Clancarty
Attempts to level up the arts with less money in the pot has only left the sector worse off
The Arts Council of Great Britain – founded in 1946 as part of the post-war settlement – has been and continues to be, in its devolved existence, a great institution.
Media Smart to Help Young People Understand Environmental Claims in Advertising Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Media Smart to Help Young People Understand Environmental Claims in Advertising
Education pack about Advertising Standards Authority guidance, in recognition of concerns felt by 52% of teenagers about lack of action on climate change
Investing in culture and the creative industries is key to levelling up in the North
Culture
By Tracy Brabin
Investing in culture and the creative industries is key to levelling up in the North
West Yorkshire is well and truly cementing its place on the world stage
“Cultural levelling up”: Behind the government's arts funding dilemma
Culture
By Andrew Kersley
“Cultural levelling up”: Behind the government's arts funding dilemma
The 2023-2026 round of Arts Council England funding provoked debate after clear winners and losers emerged from the process. But in tough economic times, what does fair distribution of cultural funding look like? Andrew Kersley investigates.
Welcome to Liverpool: Home of the Beatles, the Grand National, and for this year....Eurovision!
Culture
By Sophie Church
Welcome to Liverpool: Home of the Beatles, the Grand National, and for this year....Eurovision!
As the Eurovision Song Contest rolls into Liverpool, Sophie Church explores how the World Capital of Pop is set to host a competition like no other.
Musicians deserve better remuneration or society will pay the price
Culture
By Tom Gray
Musicians deserve better remuneration or society will pay the price
Music is now overwhelmingly consumed as a digital medium and payment for artists has suffered as a result. Tom Gray, Gomez founder member, composer and chair of the Ivors Academy, argues that more must be done to remunerate musicians – or society will pay a heavy price.
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.
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
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Starmer: One Year On
2025
Online
Starmer: One Year On
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
2025
Portcullis House
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025