Richard Freeman, the doctor at the centre of the controversy over the ‘jiffy bag’ delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins at a race back in 2011, has sensationally pulled out of his long-awaited appearance before the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee on Wednesday, citing illness. The development comes as UK Anti-Doping, which has been investigating […]
The revaluation of Business Rates has provoked considerable interest and concern over recent weeks. This is the first revaluation for seven years, and the new bills are due to be sent out to businesses over the next couple of weeks. The revaluation itself has to be neutral for the government in cash terms; so it […]
On Wednesday last week the House of Commons passed the European Union Notification of Withdrawal Bill; this is the Bill required to give the government the formal consent of parliament to begin the negotiations for this country to leave the EU. After lengthy debate over three days, which required parliament to sit after midnight on […]
Immediate and tough sanctions – including one- and two-year bans – should be imposed on football supporters who engage in homophobic abuse, a report by the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport has recommended. Following a short inquiry held last year, the report cites a range of surveys and research demonstrating homophobia is […]
Fake news is “killing people’s minds” according to Apple boss Tim Cook, who is urging the Government to launch a public information campaign to counteract the problem. Mr Cook called for a an awareness campaign similar to those which alerted people to health epidemics such as AIDS in the 1980s and environmental issues including the ozone layer […]
Fifty years after he designed the sleeve for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sir Peter Blake is working on a new composite artwork made up of the faces of some of the biggest names in music. Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury festival, asked Blake to create something featuring previous festival acts when he […]
I beg to move, That this House has no confidence in the ability of the Football Association (FA) to comply fully with its duties as a governing body, as the current governance structures of the FA make it impossible for the organisation to reform itself; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals […]
On Tuesday this week the government set out its housing strategy in a new white paper, published by the Department for Communities and Local Government. At its heart is one simple message; that we need to build a lot more properties both to rent and buy. For decades we have fallen well short of the […]
This week the House of Commons will debate and vote on the necessary legislation to formally begin the process of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union. The Bill that has been presented to parliament gives the authority to the government to trigger the provisions contained within ‘Article 50’ of the Lisbon Treaty. I […]