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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
License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future
Culture
License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future
'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
Opinion
Macron is right – let's revive the school French exchange to secure a future together
Culture
By Tonia Antoniazzi MP
Macron is right – let's revive the school French exchange to secure a future together
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
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One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary
Communities
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK
Political parties
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms
Communities
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge
By Robert Hutton
Political parties
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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
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Ensuring The Public Trusts Advertising Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Ensuring The Public Trusts Advertising
As the Advertising Standards Authority marks its 60th anniversary, the Advertising Association as the voice of the UK advertising industry gives credit to the role of the regulator in ensuring adverts across all media can be trusted by consumers.
The UK’s creative industries: an “economic powerhouse' that will be fuelled to future success by skills, innovation, new talent and international trade Partner content
Culture
By Creative Industries Council
The UK’s creative industries: an “economic powerhouse" that will be fuelled to future success by skills, innovation, new talent and international trade
At an annual Parliamentary reception hosted by the Creative Industries Council, MPs, peers and industry experts gathered to celebrate the creative industries’ bounce back from the pandemic and plot a journey for its future growth.
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Culture
By Advertising Association
Political & Advertising Leaders Join Line-Up for Lead 2023
London, December 8, 2022: The headline speakers for the advertising industry’s flagship event, LEAD 2023, have been announced by the Advertising Association, IPA and ISBA. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan MP will make her first speech to the industry while Lucy Powell MP, Shadow DCMS Secretary, will outline Labour’s plans for the creative industries.
Pastimes: Lord Moore's love of trail hunting
Culture
By Rosamund Urwin
Pastimes: Lord Moore's love of trail hunting
In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Lord Moore describes his love of trail hunting
To cut funding from English National Opera heralds the death knell of this much-loved institution
Culture
By Sir Robert Neill MP
To cut funding from English National Opera heralds the death knell of this much-loved institution
Forget the barbs and worn-out gags of Prime Minister’s Questions. The real dramatics were taking place just down the corridor on Wednesday, where Lords adorned in ermine and a troupe of beguiling fairies occupied one of the committee rooms – part of English National Opera’s (ENO) chorus from Iolanthe.
Ad Net Zero: International Impact for UK Advertising’s Climate Action Plan Partner content
Environment
By Advertising Association
Ad Net Zero: International Impact for UK Advertising’s Climate Action Plan
“Ad Net Zero plays beautifully into the story of the UK’s creativity, innovation and leadership. These characteristics manifest themselves in multiple ways, and often with global impact.” These were the words of Emma Wade Smith OBE (pictured above), His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America about the international expansion of Ad Net Zero at a special reception at the British Consulate during Advertising Week New York.
National Audit Office Probe Finds Unboxed Festival Failed To Hit Audience Engagement Targets
Culture
National Audit Office Probe Finds Unboxed Festival Failed To Hit Audience Engagement Targets
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office has concluded that the Unboxed festival has failed to meet its audience engagement targets despite big boosts from TV specials.
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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.
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Culture
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.
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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.
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Culture
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.
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.
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