After 130 years, rugby league has finally received the recognition it deserves with its first knighthood.

Simon is currently Chief Executive of HM Land Registry and Chief Land Registrar, a role he has held since 2019. He replaces Tim Hollingsworth, who announced in February that he would be leaving Sport England after seven years as CEO.

Britain’s creative industries – from stage to screen, and from music to fashion – constitute one of our greatest success stories.

Whether you spend your time exploring one of our country’s many enlightening museums or historic houses, or are a regular gig-goer at a much-loved venue, everyone will have a building that is special to them. A place where you can be inspired, informed and entertained.

The recent announcement of better than expected growth figures came as welcome relief for all of us who want to see the economy pick up. The ‘growth plan’ is central to the government’s agenda and we now need to ensure that every sector can contribute, including the UK’s betting and gaming industry.

Copyright is the foundation on which stands the industries of music, film, books, news, code, games, artworks and livelihoods of all sizes. How to secure it in the age of AI is one of the challenges of our time.

Liverpool City Region is using culture to drive the future – and offering a clear model for how local leadership, cultural investment, and smart devolution can drive national progress

Those that profit from apps that undermine trust and so civic health have a duty to repair it

The future of news matters. A healthy democracy relies on informed citizens sharing an understanding of basic facts of the world around them.

Stop the War has undermined the legitimacy of genuine protest.

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is leading calls for government and football authorities to do more to address the sport’s “shocking” dementia crisis.

A Labour MP has called for the government to allow fans to drink on terraces and cap away ticket prices at £30 as part of its plans to reform football.

Senior Conservative MPs have criticised the “outrageous” government decision to appoint a Labour donor as the head of the new independent football regulator.

Record Store Day, taking place this Saturday, brings the high street to life and shows us that connected and buzzing community spaces can be synonymous with growth.

For the first 21 years of my life, everything I did revolved around becoming a professional football player. As a teenager, I was living the dream - on a fast track to play for my boyhood club Liverpool and training with legends of the game daily.

There is no better example of the resilience of northern towns than rugby league. The government should use the game as a blueprint for helping communities not just survive, but thrive.

Since taking weight loss medication, I have lost six stone – so far – reaching my first goal of no longer being clinically obese. I know that I am not alone amongst my colleagues in taking this kind of drug, and yet there is still such a stigma around it.

When Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross addressed the BGC’s AGM in central London days ago, she delivered some welcome home truths, too often lost in the noisy debate around betting and gaming.

Anyone who has been, or supported, a whistleblower knows the playbook. The whistleblower is subject to smears, initially deemed a nuisance, and then attacked.

The government’s consultation into the UK’s copyright regime and AI closes today, marking a critical moment in the ongoing debate between our world-leading creative industries and Big Tech. The outcome will be a game-changer for the UK and must strike a delicate balance between innovation, regulation and growth.

The government has accused Kemi Badenoch of "complete hypocrisy" after the Tory leader appeared to backtrack on her support for reforming English football.

Betting and Gaming Council CEO Grainne Hurst today (WEDS) opened the annual Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group (GAMLG) training event, welcoming industry collaboration and warning of the growing threat of the illegal gambling black market.

Minister for Gambling Baroness Twycross toured the landmark Hippodrome Casino on Friday (FEB 7), to learn more about the UK casino sector.