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The New Culture Secretary’s Agenda: Five Things The UK Film & TV Sector Will Want From Keir Starmer’s Labour Government
UK Film & TV's five demands from Keir Starmer's Labour revealed, after Starmer won a landslide over Rishi Sunak but Thangam Debbonaire lost her seat.
Just a week ago, a prominent Conservative cabinet member, Kemi Badenoch, clashed with David Tennant.Badenoch branded the Doctor Who and Harry Potter star a “rich, lefty, white, male celebrity” in response to the Scot telling her to “shut up” due to a disagreement over her views on trans rights – one that has also seen him criticized by JK Rowling. According to broadcasting union Bectu ‘s latest survey, more than two-thirds of the UK film and TV’s freelance workforce is currently out of work, only a smidgeon below the dire state it founds itself in during the dual U.S. labor strikes. Labour’s manifesto said it would “create good jobs and accelerate growth in film, music, gaming, and other creative sectors.” This is coupled with its New Deal for Working People, overseen by indefatigable deputy leader Angela Rayner, which is seeking to overhaul the gig economy and its various precarities.
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