All articles written by Julian Knight MP on PoliticsHome.com

01 Dec 2022 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.

15 Oct 2022 Culture

We must find out where the government's £120m Unboxed festival went so wrong

Unboxed, the 2022 UK-wide festival of creativity, is nearly finished! You would be forgiven for not knowing that. Or that it had started in the first place.

01 Sep 2022 Culture

Government Accused Of "Squandering" Money On "Catastrophic" Project Dubbed "Festival Of Brexit"

Exclusive: The government has been accused of having “squandered” £120m on an arts project dubbed the “Festival of Brexit” and told to “learn lessons” from the widely criticised venture.

13 Jul 2022 Political parties

Liz Truss Ally Challenges “No Energy” Rival Right-Wing Candidates To Quit Tory Leadership Race

A prominent backer of Liz Truss has called on her rival candidates “without energy” to throw in the towel and back the Foreign Secretary’s campaign to be Prime Minister.

From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them

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22 Jul 2021 Education

From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them

As a new generation of athletes prepare to take to the sporting stage in Tokyo, backed by sustained support from the Government and the National Lottery’, Westminster is looking ahead to the Games with high hopes that Team GB will again provide extraordinary moments to unite and inspire the nation

01 Jul 2021 Culture

Pastimes: Julian Knight

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Julian Knight shows Ros the joy of video gaming

28 Nov 2020 Culture

The ugly side of the beautiful game

Football is failing our underrepresented groups. More must be done to improve inclusion and reflect our diverse society

08 Oct 2020 Culture

Thousands in the creative industry at risk of redundancy, unless the government introduces sector-specific support

Without the DCMS sectors thriving, there can be no recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. The government needs to take action now and introduce tailored, sector-specific support.

10 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Without the arts, there simply can’t be a recovery

If the arts do not recover, our communities could be poorer for years to come.

06 May 2020 Coronavirus

EXCL Public would back crackdown on social media amid wave of Covid-19 ‘disinformation’, new poll reveals

A majority of Brits would back tough new curbs on social media giants amid a surge of “misleading” information on the coronavirus pandemic, new polling suggests.

30 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

To tackle misinformation, Parliament must ensure powerful companies are held to account

There must be sufficient parliamentary oversight of the regulator, independent of government, which is why we have called for the DCMS Committee to have statutory power of veto over the regulator’s chief executive.

23 Jan 2020 Home affairs

I’ll target fake news, champion fairer representation in sport and examine the future of the BBC

With experience as a journalist, a keen interest in sport and three years on the DCMS Committee under my belt I’m ready to take the lead, writes Julian Knight MP