With the creative sector well-placed to support efforts to level up the UK, Government must support local businesses to fulfil their social and economic potential

The high level of turnover among ministers responsible for the arts means that theatres are often passed up as other industries benefit

From planning for the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster, to caring for a vast portfolio of more than 25,000 items, Melissa Hamnett has a role as varied as the Heritage Collections themselves 

The Government must reform the visa system for EU artists or risk damaging  the cultural reputation and economic contribution of our festivals

We must put arts education at the heart of the modern curriculum to give children from all backgrounds the confidence and qualifications to progress into a creative career

Responding to the renewed interest in the life of the Eurosceptic Labour politician Peter Shore, the authors have produced a timely reappraisal of a man of principle, writes Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

No other institution is woven so deeply into the fabric of British national life as the BBC. We undermine that at our peril, writes director general Tony Hall  

While nursing a broken foot, Baroness Jones has wrestled a week packed with breakfast meetings, existential questions, and holding the Government to account on the environment.

Bob Seely was among the Tory MPs to rebel over Huawei this week. Standing by his decision, the backbencher argues questioning government is good – even when you support it.

Delivered to a backdrop of mounting concern over coronavirus, Rishi Sunak’s first Budget turned on the taps to end a decade of austerity. The FT’s George Parker delves into the detail of the chancellor’s fiscal package

A centuries-old rule barring daughters from becoming hereditary Peers has no place in today’s Parliament. It must be scrapped in the name of equality, writes Philip Davies MP