The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer’s Bill (which establishes statutory regulation for digital competition) is steadily making its way through parliament and on its way to being enacted.

The Media Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons, after being addressed in the King’s Speech earlier this month.

The government convened the world’s first AI Safety Summit earlier this month, aiming to address AI safety concerns with tech leaders and parliamentarians.

Ofcom has issued Royal Mail with a fine of £5.6m after failing to reach its delivery targets in the 2022/23 financial year.

The King's Speech marked the beginning of the new parliamentary session and outlined the government's priorities for the months ahead. The speech mentioned plans to bring forth the Media Bill and the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumer’s Bill (DMCCB).

Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch has presented amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCCB).

The Online Safety Act has received Royal Assent, which means Ofcom’s powers as an online safety regulator have been officially enshrined into law.

The government has addressed their desire to work to innovate and improve AI models, and explicitly stated that they have no current plans to rush for regulation.

The PPA has joined forces with other sectors to call on the Prime Minister to keep the Judicial Review appeals standard in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.

The PPA met with Labour frontbenchers including Shadow Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Alex Davies-Jones at the Party Conference.

Most of the copyright law in place before Brexit will remain unaffected by the recent Retained EU Law Act.

The PPA Public Affairs team met with the Business Minister, Kevin Hollinrake and the Minister for Media and Data, John Whittingdale to discuss issues such as AI and digital competition at the 2023 Conservative Party Conference.

PPA CEO Sajeeda Merali, and Policy and Public Affairs Manager Eilidh Wilson met with the new Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Thangam Debbonaire to discuss issues affecting specialist publishers.

The Online Safety Bill, which establishes a framework for regulating harmful content on online platforms such as Google and Meta, has completed its final stages in parliament and is now ready to become law.

The new appointments come as part of a shadow cabinet reshuffle.