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Labour Has Met Ofcom Over Handling Of MPs Hosting Their Own Shows
Labour Has Met Ofcom Over Handling Of MPs Hosting Their Own Shows
Culture
MPs hosting their own TV and radio shows presents “quite a challenge” for shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire, as she reveals she has already met with Ofcom to discuss how impartiality rules can be upheld.
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Culture
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Government Seeks To Reassure Over Football Regulator's Potential 'Mission Creep'
Culture
Government Seeks To Reassure Over Football Regulator's Potential "Mission Creep"
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
Culture
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
MPs Eye Giving Football Regulator More Power To Distribute Premier League Funds
Culture
MPs Eye Giving Football Regulator More Power To Distribute Premier League Funds
Government Introduces 'Historic' Football Regulator Legislation
Culture
Government Introduces "Historic" Football Regulator Legislation
Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeks
Culture
Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeks
The House Live
'Papering over the cracks': How do locals really feel about tourism in Britain’s seaside towns?
Communities
By Sienna Rodgers
'Papering over the cracks': How do locals really feel about tourism in Britain’s seaside towns?
Gaming industry: Britain's got game – but can the UK hold on to the controller?
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
Gaming industry: Britain's got game – but can the UK hold on to the controller?
Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
Culture
By Derek Guy
Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
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Jeremy Corbyn Risks Total Exclusion From Labour After Accepting Donation
Jeremy Corbyn Risks Total Exclusion From Labour After Accepting Donation
Political parties
Women's Issues Have Seen A 'Sea Change' In Parliamentary Attention
Women's Issues Have Seen A "Sea Change" In Parliamentary Attention
Political parties
MP Admits Fellow Tories Have 'Checked Out'
MP Admits Fellow Tories Have "Checked Out"
Political parties
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Gaming industry: Britain's got game – but can the UK hold on to the controller?
Culture
By Sienna Rodgers
Gaming industry: Britain's got game – but can the UK hold on to the controller?
We are all gamers now, which is great news for the UK as it hosts thousands of games companies. But, Sienna Rodgers asks, can our status as a global leader in the industry survive the threat of AI and more?
Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
Culture
By Derek Guy
Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
Twitter sensation Derek Guy – aka ‘the menswear guy’ – looks at what Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting right with their style choices… and where the pair are going wrong
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Culture
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Newly re-elected London mayor Sadiq Khan debuted a snappy new summer suit on Monday, and a certain brand of coffee-and-bike-bro who was planning to look quietly stylish at his 30-something pals' weddings this summer is absolutely devastated.
Culture news
We can no longer support the Online Safety Bill
Culture
By Ellen Judson and Kyle Taylor
We can no longer support the Online Safety Bill
Around the world, children are being exposed to violent and inappropriate content online with sometimes devastating results.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
Tackling Racism & Racial Inequality in Sport Update
In the six months since the last update on progress and actions in response to the Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport (TRARIIS) review, extreme incidents of racism in sport have continued to remind us of the importance of the work we are doing to tackle racism and eradicate racial discrimination from the sporting system.
Broken Britain: why Liverpool Walton is the Levelling Up frontline
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Broken Britain: why Liverpool Walton is the Levelling Up frontline
Liverpool Walton spans the city’s two football clubs and is home to a myriad of problems which makes the constituency the most deprived in the country. Tali Fraser reports
Pastimes: Ros Urwin gets into jazz with Lord Kerslake
Culture
By Rosamund Urwin
Pastimes: Ros Urwin gets into jazz with Lord Kerslake
In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Lord Kerslake shares his love of jazz
Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
UK Ad Market's Covid Recovery Continues but Forecast Growth Slows
London, January 26, 2023: The latest quarterly data from the Advertising Association / WARC Expenditure Report show UK advertising spend rose by 4.3% to a total of £8.5bn between July and September 2022, the ninth consecutive quarter of growth and demonstrative of an ongoing, resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investment in Talent at Heart of New 3-Year Strategy Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
Investment in Talent at Heart of New 3-Year Strategy
LONDON, January 25, 2023: A new Talent Report – Investing In Our Talent’s Future –released with the Advertising Association’s 3-year strategy through to 2025 has highlighted the industry’s need to address its talent shortages through two key areas – better attraction and recruitment of new talent, and increased development and retention of existing talent.
The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to protect women and girls from online Wild West
Culture
By Alex Davies-Jones MP
The Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to protect women and girls from online Wild West
Almost every woman I know has experienced some form of harassment online.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
UK Sport and Sport England move to strengthen safeguarding
UK Sport and Sport England have today committed to action across five areas which are designed to support improved safeguarding and wellbeing for everyone involved in sport.

Nineteen commitments span the areas of coaching and workforce support, performance athlete support, good governance, dispute resolution and creating safer environments for participants.
Partner content
Culture
By UK Sport
New report reveals economic and social benefits of the UK hosting sporting events
Following a hugely successful year for hosting major sporting events, a new report commissioned by UK Sport has revealed the huge benefits that hosting major events delivers for the UK.
All In heralds more champion companies Partner content
Culture
By Advertising Association
All In heralds more champion companies
All In Census returns on March 15, plus All In Summit on May 11
Net Neutrality Regulations – it is time to examine the evidence Partner content
Culture
By Mobile UK
Net Neutrality Regulations – it is time to examine the evidence
Net Neutrality is intended to be a force for good when it comes to our digital infrastructure, but we need to consider whether it is actually delivering the positive impact it claims.
Partner content
Culture
By Mobile UK
New Report Highlights How UK Net Neutrality Regulations Are Failing Consumers, Innovators, And Investors
Strand Consult, an independent consultancy focussing on the telecoms industry for over 25 years, has published a new report which finds that the UK's net neutrality regulations are harming consumers, innovators, and investors. Further, it highlights that those countries which do not have strict net neutrality rules have demonstrated consistent improvement in consumer welfare, broadband investment, broadband speed, 5G innovation, and consumer value, suggesting that the UK is being held back by unnecessary regulations surrounding net neutrality.
Government Failed To Achieve Legacy Aims For 2012 London Olympics
Culture
Government Failed To Achieve Legacy Aims For 2012 London Olympics
The government has failed to meet its legacy aims on sports participation after the 2012 London Olympic Games, according to a report by an influential select committee.
Government Is Backing Down On Channel 4 Privatisation
Culture
Government Is Backing Down On Channel 4 Privatisation
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for plans to privatise Channel 4 that were championed by Boris Johnson to be scrapped, in a stark change of tone.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
NUMBER OF TV BETTING ADS DURING WORLD CUP FALLS BY OVER A THIRD COMPARED TO LAST WORLD CUP
The number of TV betting adverts shown on ITV during the World Cup group stages fell by 34 per cent compared to the World Cup in 2018, new figures have revealed.
Loot boxes or Pandora's boxes? Why paid for rewards in video games may be more sinister than they appear
Culture
By Sophie Church
Loot boxes or Pandora's boxes? Why paid for rewards in video games may be more sinister than they appear
Loot boxes offer players the chance to buy virtual, randomised rewards within a video game. As concerns mount about young gamers developing gambling-like behaviours, Sophie Church gauges the extent of the problem.
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.
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
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Net Zero Week 2024