John Whittingdale, then
Culture Secretary, yesterday admitted he knew the benefit would be jeopardised in 2015, when the Treasury and BBC agreed terms for the corporation's new charter.
CONFESSION Former
culture secretary Wittingdale, left.
SOCIAL media firms will be judged on their ability to protect their users before tough new legislation is introduced, the
culture secretary warned yesterday.
Mr Watson, Labour's shadow
culture secretary, asked the Government: "Does the Secretary of State think it is right that YouTube and its parent company Alphabet are continuing to give this man a platform?" And speaking generally, he asked
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright to ensure that new plans to regulate the internet "will introduce measures to prevent hate figures, extremists and their followers from turning the online world into a cesspit of hate?" He said online abuse undermines democracy.
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock will take over as health secretary, which was earlier handled by Hunt.
The cut from a PS100 maximum was announced in May, with the machines being described by
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock as a "social blight".
DEAR Editor, Interesting to see that John Whittingdale has been replaced by Karen Bradley as
culture secretary.
DOWNING Street has rejected calls for
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to step aside from decisions about press regulation after he disclosed he had a relationship with a sex worker.
Brian Cathcart, from the Hacked Off campaign group, said that since becoming
Culture Secretary with responsibility for the media, Mr Whittingdale had taken a number of decisions which had been welcomed by the press.
VETERAN Conservative MP John Whittingdale was made the new British
culture secretary yesterday, taking overall responsibility for matters affecting the department for culture, media and sport's interests in horseracing and betting.
I'm not going to go into all the ins and outs of what the
Culture Secretary has been accused of.
