The Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Select Committee has published a reporton the proposed Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill.
The Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Select Committee has published a reporton the proposed Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill.
New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has an unenviable in-tray in Downing Street, but the First Lord of the Treasury has left no doubt over his position on key media issues.
Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, told a fringe event at Conservative Party Conference that the Digital, Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill will be brought into parliament in the current session.
Party conferences are odd. They are a time when political tribes reach out make their pitch to govern a nation of millions yet are simultaneously intensely introspective.
Strike action by the Communications and Workers Union (CWU) across eighteen days in the run-up to Christmas is likely to cause significant disruption to magazine deliveries.
The PPA has joined the Graphics and Print Media Alliance (GPMA), a group of trade associations representing companies operating in the graphics and print media industry supply chain.
The PPA has called on the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to support the specialist media industry, having begun her career in the sector.
A €25bn lawsuit is being launched against Google in the UK and EU, accusing the tech giant of abusing its market power in ad tech.
John Innes, Chair of PPA Scotland, and the PPA's Senior Public Affairs Executive, Sebastian Cuttill, met last week with Scottish Parliament member Neil Gray to discuss the key economic and social role of our sector, the potential for focused sector support, and ways in which the PPA and Scottish Government can work more closely going forwards.
Around 115,000 Royal Mail workers will strike on 26 and 31 August and 8 and 9 September, after the Communications Workers Union (CWU) rejected the company’s pay rise offer “worth up to 5.5%”.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two Conservatives vying to be party leader and the UK’s next Prime Minister, have both committed to bringing forward the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) legislation this Autumn if they are selected by Tory party members.
Penny Mordaunt MP, one of the final three candidates running for leadership of the Conservative Party, has indicated her commitment to bring forward legislation to empower the Digital Markets Unit in an effort to bolster competition in the digital economy.
The House of Lords’ Communication and Digital Committee has published its report into the BBC’s future funding.
Ofcom has set out how it will regulate Royal Mail over the next five years, including continuing to set annual delivery targets and to impose a cap on second-class stamp prices.
The Online Safety Bill’s progress through parliament has been delayed as the Conservative Party leadership race hots up.
The Online Safety Bill’s progress through parliament has been delayed as the Conservative Party leadership race hots up.
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