EXCLUSIVE: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are preparing to unveil the government’s plan to tackle the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades, and the TV industry is not immune.
05.09.2022 - 15:41 / deadline.com
The BBC and Channel 4 may fear the worst as the anti-Public Service Broadcasting agenda led by Boris Johnson’s administration looks set to continue under a Liz Truss premiership, with all eyes trained on whether Nadine Dorries remains Culture Secretary.
As expected, Truss comfortably won the race to be the next Conservative Party leader earlier this afternoon and Prime Minister this afternoon and multiple connected sources have indicated they expect arch-BBC sceptic Dorries to remain in post.
Dorries is feared by the public broadcasters. She pushed through the start of Channel 4’s privatization, signalled she wants the BBC license fee to be abolished after 2027 and has made multiple inflammatory remarks throughout her year-long tenure, including her accusation that a Channel 4 reality show she took part in a decade ago used actors instead of ordinary people. This was heavily disputed by Tower Block of Commons‘ producer Love Productions. On the latter, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMSC) member John Nicolson has written to parliament calling for an inquiry into allegations she mislead Parliament.
“This is less about Truss than it is about Truss’s decision on Dorries,” said a source familiar with the thinking of the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport department. “Most expect her to be kept in post — Truss will like the signal that sends out.”
Should Dorries fail to keep her current role, there is a decent chance that the former I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! contestant will step down as an MP — something Truss, who will find out how many allies she truly has in the weeks ahead, will be keen to avoid.
Another connected source told Deadline the “agenda will remain the same” if Dorries keeps her job.
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EXCLUSIVE: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng are preparing to unveil the government’s plan to tackle the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades, and the TV industry is not immune.
With a new British government, specifically a new culture secretary, in place, the decisions to privatize Channel 4 and to scrap the BBC licence fee are being reviewed.
Around 2,000 guests gathered at Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on 19 September, including seven former Prime Ministers and the entire Royal Family. Each guest was dressed in black and many paid tribute to the late monarch with their outfit choices and jewellery selections. Many of the female guests in attendance opted to wear black headwear, with some choosing hats while others opted for headbands.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has already gone down in history as a once-in-a-lifetime event, with huge praise reaped on both the organisers and the tireless broadcasters coordinating events and beaming them across the world. All except.
King Charles, members of the royal family and hundreds of world leaders, politicians and other public dignitaries joined in the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey this morning.
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The King takes an oath to maintain and preserve the Church of Scotland.
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returned to London from Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Friday after his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, September 8.The royals' return to Buckingham Palace marks the couple's first time in the country's capital in their new roles as monarch and royal consort. The pair landed at RAF Northolt in West London around 1:35 in the afternoon on Friday where they were greeted by over 100 people gathered to watch the new king's arrival, per .
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Everlasting love. King Charles III, Prince Harry and more members of the royal family paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death.
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