At a follow up meeting with the bosses of Royal Mail, the committee shared a report about Royal Mail's performance, which contained implications for PPA Members.
In a new study of choice in news, it has identified concerns around the impact of online news ‘gatekeepers' – particularly social media, such as Facebook, but also search engines and news apps such as Apple News and Google News.
In the Autumn Budget, it has been announced that the government will bring forward the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill – the legislation that will empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) – to parliament in the current parliamentary session (i.e. before next summer). This is a significant victory as before now the Government had only promised to introduce a draft Bill with no timetable on when it would materialise.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, opened proceedings by laying out the unprecedented economic headwinds, referencing the ongoing energy crisis, cost of living, and supply chain pressures caused by the war in Ukraine. He did note that he wanted to protect the vulnerable within his statement as “to be British is to be compassionate and this is a compassionate government”.
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