Kremlin-backed RT brands call for Ofcom review ‘hypocritical’ in swipe at BBC Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries asked Ofcom to review the operation of the channel. The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022
Nadine Dorries blasts BBC and and pledges loyalty to Boris Johnson 'They just believe they are right about everything' - Culture Secretary Wales Online · Feb 20, 2022
Saudi Arabia Supports Efforts To Develop Innovative Cultural Policies Saudi Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan said that the Kingdom supports local, regional and international efforts to develop innovative cultural policies and promote the role of the cultural sector as a major factor of sustainable development. The minister’s remarks came during a high-level ministerial session of the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 18, 2022
Pressure on ministers to release details of meeting linked to Boris Johnson flat refurb Ministers are resisting the release of documents related to a meeting about plans for a new ‘Great Exhibition’ between then-Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, refurb-bankroller Lord Brownlow and the Royal Albert Hall last January Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2022
House of Lords committee to launch inquiry into funding of BBC Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries had previously announced that the licence fee would be frozen for the next two years. The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022
Brickbat: Now, That's Going Too Far British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the government is preparing legislation that would limit streaming services from showing comedy that some people might find offensive. Her remarks came after some people expressed outrage about comedian Jimmy Carr's latest special for Netflix. In one bit, Carr said that when people talk… Reason · Feb 9, 2022
Nadine Dorries slams 'abhorrent' Jimmy Carr and says new laws will ban offensive comedy Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested new laws would hold to account streaming sites from airing controversial jokes after the backlash surrounding Jimmy Carr's Netflix special, His Dark Material Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2022
Nadine Dorries considering law that could see Netflix fined for offensive jokes The Culture Secretary said the government is considering a new law that could see Netflix face sanctions over Jimmy Carr's joke about the deaths of members of travelling communities in the Holocaust Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2022
Nadine Dorries bristles in TV car-crash and blames Boris Johnson's untruths on researchers The Culture Secretary appeared affronted when asked when she last spoke to Boris Johnson, whom she'd been sent on TV to defend Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2022
Culture Secretary says new laws will stop Netflix airing offensive comments following Jimmy Carr uproar Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested the government could bring in legislation that stops steaming services from airing offensive content. Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2022
Nadine Dorries grilled in awkward interview over Boris Johnson 'Partygate' scandal The Culture Secretary was tasked with defending Johnson this morning after the Prime Minister was reportedly pictured holding a can of beer during an alleged rule-busting party for his birthday in June 2020. Daily Record · Feb 5, 2022
Dorries mixes up MPs, supports PM on Savile slur and says Partygate is 'Remainer plot' The Culture Secretary has defended the Prime Minister in an interview on Saturday morning Wales Online · Feb 5, 2022
Culture Secretary was embarrassing in defence of PM, says festival boss Sacha Lord, co-founder of Parklife, criticised the Culture Secretary for lack of communication with others in the sector. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Arts and culture outside London to receive funding in Levelling Up White Paper Places such as Stoke-on-Trent, Barnsley, Rochdale and Wigan may end up being given further support under the plans. The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2022
Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2022 Cabinet ministers clash over BBC licence fee plans Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has hinted that she clashed in a Cabinet meeting with Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries over plans to scrap the licence fee which funds the BBC.
Radio France Internationale · Jan 26, 2022 French MPs vote to return artworks stolen by Nazis to rightful owners French parliamentarians have voted unanimously in favour of a bill to restore stolen artworks, looted by Nazis during the second world war, to their Jewish owners. Culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said it was a "historic" moment that would set wheels in motion for further restitutions.
Wales Online · Jan 25, 2022 Former BBC News head calls on corporation to 'stop making lower grade stuff' Roger Mosey speaks out after Culture Secretary confirms licence fee is to be frozen at £159 for two years
Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2022 Pensioners left 'bitterly disappointed' at Tory Nadine Dorries in TV licence row Older people's group Silver Voices lashed out at the controversial Culture Secretary in the latest development in the over-75s' free licences dispute
Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2022 Hollywood's Jack O'Connell backs his hometown Derby for City of Culture 2025 Actor Jack O'Connell is supporting his hometown Derby in becoming the UK's City of Culture 2025
Daily Record · Jan 19, 2022 We cannot let Tory minister Nadine Dorries ruin the BBC to save Boris's skin The Conservative Culture Secretary's war on the licence fee is putting one of our greatest institutions at risk - all for the sake of protecting the hapless Prime Minister, writes Annie Brown.
Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2022 Licence fee: There is a debate to be had about BBC funding — but not to save Boris Johnson We have been here before — and not long ago. When Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted on Sunday that “[t]his licence fee announcement will be the last”, she was renewing a battle against the BBC that was last fought by the Government two years ago. Reprimanded by Speaker Sir Lindsay…
Irish Mirror · Jan 18, 2022 Will the RTE license fee be scrapped like the BBC one in the UK? Top producers and RTE respond Exclusive: The UK's Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said the next announement of the BBC licence fee "will be the last".
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2022 Culture Secretary’s BBC licence fee reforms branded ‘unpatriotic’ by Labour MPs MPs debated Nadine Dorries’ announcement that the BBC licence fee would be frozen at £159 for two years.
Daily Record · Jan 17, 2022 SNP say BBC licence fee freeze an attack on journalism to distract from Boris Johnson party scandals The sudden announcement by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is seen as part of the government's the 'red meat' strategy to head off anger from Tory MPs over Boris Johnson's rule-breaking parties.
Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2022 BBC licence fee will be frozen for two years, culture secretary confirms Nadine Dorries told the House of Commons that the licence fee will be fixed at £159 until April 2024