The CEO of Active Communities Network and the Director of Sustainability, Lucozade Ribena Suntory write about the B Active programme and call on the Government to bring together a national plan for closing the gap deprived communities face in sport participation.

Diane Abbott is mulling whether to boycott BBC Question Time after a row exploded over her most recent appearance on the show, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Matt Hancock has called on social media firms to “purge” harmful posts from their sites after the death of a teenager was linked with the content.

It’s clear that self-regulation of social media has failed to protect disabled people. It’s time for the law to change, writes Helen Jones

The row between Labour and the BBC has deepened after Diane Abbott blasted new Question Time host Fiona Bruce for "repeating Tory propaganda".

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling asks questions about research into gambling-related harm.

The bitter row between the BBC and Labour over the treatment of Diane Abbott on Question Time has escalated after the party lodged a formal complaint with the broadcaster.

Lord Naseby tabled his question a month ago to bring into the open the possible impact of the BBC deciding in 2020 not to continue the scheme, which started in 2000, that any individual 75 or over is entitled to a concessionary TV licence.

The British TV industry is no longer just about Public Service Broadcasters it is a thriving mixed ecology of different players, which the UK is particularly brilliant at encouraging - says COBA Chair  Heather Jones. 

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has warned betting firms and banks that they could face a ban on the use of credit cards for gambling.

The facts may be questionable, but Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Cummings was brilliant: Gisela Stuart finds James Graham’s TV drama evocative but lacking in complexity 

Former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale tells PoliticsHome why the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has made global protections for journalists more urgent than ever.

Former Treasury minister Stephen Timms MP writes about recent changes to gambling policy in light of changes he brought forward in Government twenty years ago. He writes that despite promising to behave responsibly, Bookmakers "simply let greed rip, fleecing vulnerable punters without restraint for years".

A new partnership is turning the tide on inactivity by creating a nation of swimmers.

A Government minister has accused social media companies of acting like "unruly teenagers" as she called on them to crack down on the spread of suicide and self-harm content online.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that despite Brexit dominating Westminster politics, legislation reducing the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 a spin on 1st April 2019 has now completed its passage through parliament.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about changes to FOBT stake levels which will come into force in 2019 and predicts that further reforms to the remote gambling sector might now follow.

A planned head-to-head live televised debate on Brexit between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn has been scrapped after ITV withdrew their offer to host it.

The BBC has withdrawn its bid to host a live TV debate between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn on the Brexit deal.

Labour has launched a bitter attack on the BBC as it accused Theresa May of "running away" from a head-to-head TV debate with Jeremy Corbyn.

What does being in contempt of parliament mean and how does it work? PoliticsHome offers a helping hand. 

Plans for a Brexit TV showdown between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were hanging by a thread last night as Downing Street accused the Labour leader of "running scared".

Hidden social media groups are acting as echo chambers for hate and threats of violence, Labour MP Lucy Powell fears. She tells Elizabeth Bates why MPs must take action and back her Online Forums Bill 

From the British Museum to the V&A, we need to be getting our ‘towels on the beach’ before anyone else using the vast repository of British culture and cultural institutions, writes Tim Loughton