The former shadow home secretary calls for a change in attitudes to online abuse and intimidation as she calls on people to #reclaimtheinternet.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls on the Government to resolve the 'FOBT problem' and 'stop dithering and stalling' on gambling policy.

Professor Alison Harcourt from the University of Exeter's Department of Politics writes about the Digital Economy Bill, announced in last week's Queen's Speech.

ASA Chief Executive, Adam Paker, welcomes Sport England’s new strategy, and explains how swimming and aquatics are well-placed to support its focus on getting more people active:

Chair of the newly created Health Commission for Swimming, Ian Cumming, explains how more lengths in the pool can reduce diseases from diabetes to dementia, and potentially save the NHS billions each year.

Thousands more to enjoy free and fun activities this summer as Coca-Cola expands its ‘Parklives’ community programme across the UK.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls on the Government to complete the promised Triennial Review of gambling machine stakes and prizes.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls into question analysis and research into the impact FOBTs have on the lives of problem gamblers.

The BBC has improved oversight of its portfolio of critical projects, following the serious shortcomings that the National Audit Office identified in the oversight and delivery of its Digital Media Initiative (DMI) project. However, according to a new NAO report, the BBC’s assurance arrangements cannot give confidence that projects will achieve value for money if performance and expected benefits are not defined from the start. The report also calls for the BBC to increase its focus on how their projects work together to achieve strategic aims.

Reflecting trends towards both a more digital and experience-based economy, Visa Europe’s Consumer Spending Index for April reveals a swelling appetite for leisure, and the fastest growth in online spending since December 2014.

- ƒTotal consumer spending increases by +2.5% year-on-year in April

- ƒƒE-commerce growth rate of +8.4% year-on-year but face-to-face expenditure is broadly flat (+0.2% year-on-year)

- ƒƒClothing and footwear sees biggest fall in year-on-year spending since September 2014

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling questions some of the research that has gone into the upcoming DCMS triennial review of stakes and prizes.

Over 160 primary schools across the country joined in with the Big School Swim on 28 April to raise awareness of the importance of learning to swim and to celebrate 125 years of school swimming.

ParkLives, the community programme from Coca-Cola Great Britain offering free and fun activity sessions in parks and open spaces, is back for the third year with more cities taking part than ever before.

Shadow Transport Minister Daniel Zeichner argues that the Government's long-awaited draft Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) is nothing more than a 'glossy PR exercise'.

Speaking ahead of today’s Westminster Hall debate, SNP MP Owen Thompson explains how the media could play a defining role in reviving democratic participation.

Commenting on the verdict today (Tuesday) which confirmed that the 96 football fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed, Len McCluskey, general secretary of the UK’s biggest union, Unite, said:

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that local area risk assessments will do nothing to reduce the harm which addiction to machine gambling is causing problem gamblers.

A cross party survey carried out by ComRes has revealed that eight out of ten MPs (81%) think Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs), the £100 high stakes casino gaming machines in betting shops, are having a negative impact on vulnerable people in society. 

Labour MP Rupa Huq writes that the BBC has 'quite a distance to cover' on domestic BME issues following her criticism last week of the show Citizen Khan.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling raises questions over right-wing think tanks and asks if they are influencing Government decisions on gambling policy.

‘Speak in Safety,’ a parliamentary event held on Monday evening, challenged MPs to scrutinise the highly controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, before it is rushed into law.

Wet weather in March may have dragged on high street sales, but a strong leisure spend and growth in the e-commerce sector sees overall consumer figures climbing in the first quarter.

An SNP MP writes following his recent question to the Prime Minister calling for dormant online betting accounts to be taken over by the Government and proceeds used to support & treat problem gamblers.