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Michelle Donelan has been appointed secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport by the UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss. As a 15-year-old ... More

A parliamentary report is calling for a £3bn intervention fund to build back better health as we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, ... More

The Conservative Party has promised to invest £550m in grassroots football – if it wins the general election. The funding is part of a larger ... More

The main political parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss funding the NHS", according to Jack Shakespeare, director of children, ... More

Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's proposed business rate discount will be extended to gyms and ... More

The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving the nation's health in their election manifestos. The appeal was ... More

Members of Parliament will quiz cricket chiefs over their plans to capitalise on England's recent World Cup triumph. England secured its first-ever World Cup win ... More

New facilities including the stadium being planned for Premier League football club Everton FC and a proposed 50 metre swimming pool are at the heart ... More

Karen Bradley and Tracey Crouch, the government ministers with ultimate responsibility to the UK sport sector, have been retained in their roles despite a post-General ... More

Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be “examined” by the Labour Party if it gets into power ... More

Manifestos launched by the major political parties ahead of the 2017 General Election have set out their stalls on sport and physical activity policy, with ... More

A new healthy living strategy, which aims to combat health inequality, has been set out by the Scottish Conservative Party. Ensuring physical activity starts at ... More

Three new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health. Former vice chair of the Conservative Party, Nicola Blackwood, has been named the parliamentary ... More

Birmingham has been encouraged to mount a bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games by Prime Minister David Cameron. The Conservative Party leader said that while ... More

John Whittingdale – the secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport – is one of six high-profile cabinet ministers who will campaign for Britain ... More

The Welsh Conservative Party has sent a formal letter to sports minister Tracey Crouch to request the devolution of responsibility for sports ground safety management ... More

Sports minister Tracey Crouch has been appointed to the board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) - a month after the organisation uncovered state-sponsored doping ... More

Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to give local councils new powers over business rates could leave tourism hotspots in rural areas and seaside destinations with even ... More

Every primary school in the UK is set to benefit from organised sports sessions, following a deal struck between the government and the English Premier ... More

Sport will have a true advocate in the newly-formed Conservative government, following the appointment of Tracey Crouch as sports minister. Crouch, a self-confessed “sports nut” ... More

John Whittingdale, the former chair of the House of Commons culture committee, has today (11 May) been named as the new secretary of state for ... More

The secretary of state for culture, media and sport Sajid Javid has been re-elected by voters in his Bromsgrove constituency, in a general election that ... More

Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans that would guarantee apprenticeships for every school leaver in England who "gets the grades" by 2020. Labour has ... More

Tourism’s enhanced reputation as an economic driver and creator of jobs, together with its position as the lifeblood of a number of marginal constituencies, could ... More

The growth potential of the UK tourism industry will come under the spotlight today (29 September) during a seminar at the Conservative Party Conference in ... More