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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Ben Bradshaw wants to let broadcasters take money for slotting branded products into British-made shows. We must stand firm Trying to get kids to eat a healthy balanced diet is hard enough without them being subjected to intensive advertising campaigns. Unfortunately, the government is now proposing to allow product placement on UK television shows, which will mean children will be left with...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw backs plans for multimillion-pound opera project despite lack of funds The dream of establishing a "branch" of the Royal Opera House in Manchester came a step closer today when the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, formally put his support behind plans for the project from Covent Garden and Manchester city council. The remaining – and significant...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ben Bradshaw, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, has called on the England & Wales Cricket Board to provide clear evidence that the proposed return of Ashes cricket to free-to-air TV will seriously undermine the sport's finances
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... less qualified for the role than the three shortlisted candidates. Johnson's choice was vetoed by Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, in early October on the grounds that the selection process had breached the Nolan principles that protect public appointments from political interference. On 30 October, Johnson told Duvall his request was being treated as a formal request for information...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Cricket body asks government to rethink 'crown jewels' • Switch to free-to-air TV would 'damage' support for grassroots The England and Wales Cricket Board is to compile evidence on how switching Test cricket to a listed event for television coverage would have a detrimental effect on the sport. Ben Bradshaw, the secretary of state at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... would deny them income and have a serious financial impact on their sport. The culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, did not say in his consultation document, published yesterday, which of the enhanced list of live events selected by a panel – led by the former Football Association executive director David Davies – should be made law. Instead he said the list should remain and agreed...
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ECB (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Ben Bradshaw, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, visited Exter University this weekend to show his support for the Devon Cricket Board's proposal to form a disabled team.
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ECB (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The ECB has welcomed the decision by Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to begin a consultation into broadcasting sports on free-to-air television.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
• Minister said to be target in News of World scandal • MP asks about assistance to Met police investigation The government is being asked to reveal details of cabinet minister Tessa Jowell's involvement in investigations into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne has tabled a question to Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, asking exactly what...
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Jon Slattery (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... were convicted of hacking into the voicemails of Princes William and Harry. Huhne's question asks Ben Bradshaw, the current incumbent at the DCMS, "what discussions [his] predecessor had in 2006 with the Metropolitan Police regarding their inquiry into the hacking of her mobile telephone by Glenn Mulcaire on behalf of the News of the World newspaper, and to inquire what assistance,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
• Commonwealth Games set to lose listed status • Cost of television coverage would be close to £20m The organisers of Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games will be on tenterhooks today when Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, discusses the changes in the listing of events for free‑to-air broadcasters. It could cost Glasgow 2014 the thick end of £20m in broadcast-production...
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politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... notionals you look at. Among the other cabinet members who might be at risk I’ve noticed that Ben Bradshaw ’s Exeter seat is more marginal with Thrasher and Rallings than with Anthony Wells. Jack Straw’s Blackburn , however, is a little bit safer. A broader issue is that I believe the Anthony’s “notionals” are what are used as the basis for his excellent swing calculator. Would his projections...
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Real cycling (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I've just been knocking together a magazine article on biking politicians. In the course of my extensive research I came across this fantastic quote from Labour MP and cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw's website . Unfortunately I just couldn't work into the article itself: During my election campaign in Exeter in 1997 my Conservative opponent said memorably: “Ben Bradshaw is a homosexual,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... a City Hall officer, show a flurry of exchanges while the mayor was waiting to hear whether Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, would back his recommendation to appoint Veronica Wadley, the former editor of the London Evening Standard, to the job. Johnson rejected the view of the chair of the Arts Council for England, Liz Forgan, and an independent member of the panel that held the first...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... the correspondence released was a 19 October memo from Jacobs written after the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, had vetoed the recommendation to give the job to Wadley, which suggested to the mayor that an "option worth pursuing" was to rerun the entire selection process "on the understanding that a decision ... would not be made until after the [general] Election"....
