New culture secretary “re-examining” privatisation of Channel 4

Alister Jack has claimed the biggest tax cuts in the United Kingdom since 1972, funded by £72 billion a year in borrowing, are "small".

Money saving guru Martin Lewis issued an important warning about the new energy guarantee in an emergency live show on Thursday night (September 22). Live on ITV, Lewis explained the new price guarantee intervention introduced by the government.

K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s new culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, has made her first public statements about the potential sale of public broadcaster Channel 4 and the future of the BBC license fee. “We’re looking at the business case for the sale of Channel 4 and making sure we still agree with that decision and that’s what I’m doing,” she said of selling the advertising-funded PSB. Of the BBC, Donelan said: “It’s no secret that I have been a sceptic for a long time of the license fee but as I said before, the approach I take on all policies is one to base my decisions on evidence and to also listen. So I’m only two weeks in the job, I’m not going to make policy on the hoof, I’m going to look at this properly.”

Giving thanks. King Charles III shared a statement on behalf of himself and Queen Consort Camilla to respond to all the sympathetic messages and support given to the royal family amid Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that inflation fell for the first time in nearly a year in August as lower diesel and petrol prices took some pressure off struggling households, but it remains close to its 40-year record. The ONS said Consumer Prices Index inflation reached 9.9% in the year to August, down from 10.1% the previous month.

Steak restaurant Hawksmoor has been a mainstay of Manchester's culinary offering since the doors of its Deansgate site opened in 2015.

Prince William tenderly offered his step-mother, Queen Consort Camilla, a studying hand as they made their entrance at Saturday morning’s Privy Council together.The Royals, who are both adjusting to new roles following the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II earlier this week, were present at the historic St James’s Palace event.The ceremony saw Charles officially appointed as King, while his two loved ones were among those who also signed the proclamations as witnesses. Charles has effectively been acting as King since his mother Elizabeth’s death on Thursday but today’s historic ceremony officially marked the beginning of his reign.

King Charles III will be formally proclaimed monarch during an Accession Council ceremony televised for the first time. Charles, 73, automatically became King on the death of his mother, but the Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, will confirm his role on Saturday morning.The new monarch will not attend the ceremony, held at the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, only joining after he has been proclaimed monarch, at 10am, to hold his first Privy Council meeting.The proclamation confirming Charles as King was signed by members of the Privy Council including the new Prince of Wales, the Queen, Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.The historic event comes after Charles gave a landmark address to the nation on Friday and paid a poignant and moving tribute to his “darling Mama” the Queen who died on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral.

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 .

Royal family members of the House of Windsor have received new titles after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. After Britain's longest-reigning monarch died at Balmoral Castle on Thursday, Prince Charles immediately succeeded his mother and became the King of the United Kingdom. In addition to Charles, Prince William, Kate Middleton and Charles’ wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles assumed new titles, with potential new titles for Prince Edward and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

The Queen's four children are all now at Balmoral as Her Majesty remains under medical supervision. Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were summoned to Her Majesty's bedside on Thursday before a Palace statement was released stating that doctors were "concerned".

Donelan was announced as the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled her cabinet.In response, the MVT has shared a lengthy post on social media, setting out the issues the sector is facing and what the government needs to do to help. After welcoming Donelan to the role, the organisation gave a detailed list of points, including the current energy crisis’ impact on grassroots music venues and the need to restructure high taxes and low subsidies, and extended an invitation to a Parliamentary event.“We need urgent government action on the energy crisis which threatens to permanently close hundreds of grassroots music venues,” the post reads.

K.J. Yossman Late Tuesday evening local time, Michelle Donelan was appointed the U.K.’s latest secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) by incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss (herself only elected on Monday.) As Donelan steps into her new role – becoming the tenth culture secretary in as many years – she’ll have to hit the ground running. The DCMS is a vast department that covers everything from the U.K.’s film and television industries to theater, music, tourism, internet safety and sports, including the oversight of major events as disparate as the Eurovision Song Contest, the soccer UEFA Champions League and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet.

the UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.Donelan, who served as the Secretary of State for Education for 35 hours in July, has represented the constituency of Chippenham since 2015.The news comes as Truss continues to reveal her Cabinet tonight (September 6). Among the key appointments are Kwasi Kwarteng (Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Prime Minister), Therese Coffey (health secretary), James Cleverly (foreign secretary) and Suella Braverman (home secretary).Yesterday (September 5) Truss was announced to have won the Conservative Party’s leadership election, beating former chancellor Rishi Sunak to the position of Prime Minister following the resignation of Boris Johnson.Donelan was promoted to the position of Secretary of State for Education in July after serving for two years as Minister of State for Higher and Further Education.

K.J. Yossman New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Michelle Donelan as the new secretary of state for culture. Donelan replaces Nadine Dorries, who resigned from the post on Tuesday morning. Dorries, a former actor and romance novelist who was appointed by former premier Boris Johnson, said Truss had asked her to stay on as culture secretary but declined the offer. She had been in the post less than a year. Donelan, who has previously served as minister for higher education and secretary for education, will now be responsible for the department of digital, culture, media and sports. Among the top items for consideration will be whether to go ahead with privatizing Channel 4, which both Johnson and Dorries had committed to despite industry-wide criticism of the move, as well as reviewing the BBC’s license fee. As well as freezing the license fee, which is a mandatory levy for anyone who watches live television on any network or device, Dorries had indicated she hoped to eventually do away with it altogether.