The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement it? By Alex Marshall Reporting from Bristol, England For the past 14 years, ...

Thangam Debbonaire has accused the Conservative government of "failing the cultural ecosystem" by denigrating arts degrees and refusing to invest in the creative sector. The Labour shadow culture ...

Shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire has vowed to commission a second review of Arts Council England should the Tory party’s current investigation fail to ask "the right questions". The Labour ...

The UK Labour Party has set out its plan for the film and TV industries, drawing a dividing line between itself and the ruling Conservatives as it slams the government for “getting themselves all tied ...

Dometic violence academic @ThangamMP promoted to shadow housing secretary under Sir Keir Starmer #ukhousing Here is all we know so far about the new shadow housing secretary, @ThangamMP #ukhousing ...

As the Green Party quadrupled its quota of MPs in last week’s general election, Shadow Culture Secretary Thangam Debbonaire was one of the casualties. She was turfed out from the Bristol constituency ...

Taxpayers have footed a £20,800 bill for Labour frontbencher Thangam Debbonaire's Arabic lessons over the past six years. The shadow culture secretary has racked up the costs - which came to £4,344 ...

It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall of Keir Starmer’s holiday villa as he reads about the latest attempt by one of his own appointees to the House of Lords to resurrect the culture wars ...

Shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire speaks to Sophie Church about Labour’s plans for the creative industries, and why she is confident of seeing off the Greens. Photography by Tom Pilston ...

20:52, Sat, Dec 21, 2024 Updated: 21:04, Sat, Dec 21, 2024 Thangam Debbonaire, the former Labour MP, has been skewered by Tory opponents after enthusiastically accepting a peerage - despite having ...

A Keir Starmer ally who branded Rule Britannia 'alienating' has taken her seat in the House of Lords. Thangam Debbonaire was a rare Labour casualty at the general election, losing her Bristol seat to ...

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