Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announces ‘sector vision’ review Businesses in the creative industries are set to receive £50 million of Government support. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
‘There are cults with less blind loyalty’: Dorries defends PM’s Starmer smears in ‘extraordinary’ interview Culture secretary insists PM ‘tells the truth’ when she is confronted about the false claims The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Nadine Dorries: Everyone is comparing culture secretary interview to a Catherine Tate sketch ‘Nadine Dorries choosing to appear as Catherine Tate on Channel 4 News. Baffling. What a time to be alive,’ joked one viewer The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Licence fee freeze for BBC could ‘threaten public service broadcasting’ Scottish Culture Secretary Angus Robertson wrote to his UK counterpart Nadine Dorries to raise his ‘profound concern’ about the freeze. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 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. Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2022
Boris Johnson yet to receive Sue Gray report and says it’s ‘total rhubarb’ he authorised Kabul animal airlift – as it happened Downing Street says it’s ‘hypothetically’ possible report will be published today or tomorrow; PM denies making call to airlift Pen Farthing’s animals The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022
BBC boss takes swipe at Nadine Dorries over BBC funding Tim Davie says corporation facing £285m funding gap by 2027 and it is ‘not for one person to decide’ future model The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022
Solid or tepid? The Tory ministers still defending Boris Johnson A core group of cabinet ministers are continuing to back PM – some more vehemently than others The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022
‘2022 set to be blockbuster year’ for inbound tourism, claims Nadine Dorries VisitBritain currently forecasts 24 million inbound visitors to the UK this year, down 41 per cent from 2019 levels The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022
Nadine Dorries mocks ‘ticket tout’ David Cameron Culture secretary’s tweet comes almost a decade after then PM suspended Dorries over her stint on I’m a Celebrity The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022
Nadine Dorries pokes fun at viral David Cameron photo with ticket tout warning The Culture Secretary made an odd dig at her old boss – then tweeted in support of the incumbent PM The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022
Children’s TV makers say British shows could die as ministers scrap £44m fund Nadine Dorries urged to restore help for UK broadcasters competing with global rivals The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022
In the name of God, let Sue Gray do her job No cause for concern about partygate and Operation Red Meat. Why? Because a very senior civil servant is on the case… The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 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 21, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022 The fightback starts now! Here’s how the BBC can survive the Tory assault Its flagship shows are looking shaky, its branding is blurred and its payroll is bloated. But as Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson close in on the BBC, there are ways the Corporation can emerge from this crisis stronger and freer
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022 The BBC is so much more than a subplot in the Tory soap opera Progressives must do more than just try to save institutions from the wreckers, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
Wales Online · Jan 20, 2022 'Swinging cuts are inevitable' The future of S4C and BBC Radio Cymru as licence fee frozen UK culture secretary Nadine Dorries said that she recognised that S4C had a "unique critical role" in promoting the Welsh language
The Conversation · Jan 20, 2022 BBC licence fee – could scrapping it be the end of public service broadcasting in the UK? UK culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, recently announced that the BBC’s licence fee is to be frozen for two years and that a new funding mechanism for the corporation will follow after 2027. This statement created shockwaves within the media industry and beyond. Many accused the government’s move of being sheer…
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022 Scottish minister hits out at ‘ideologically-driven’ attack on BBC UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has indicated there could be a different funding model put in place for the corporation after 2024.
Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2022 Tory councillor brands BBC licence fee freeze as 'insulting' way to cut cost of living The Government said it was moving to support families in the face of rising living costs
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 18, 2022 ‘Frontline output’ will be affected by licence fee freeze, BBC boss says Nadine Dorries has announced that the BBC licence fee will be frozen at £159 for two years.
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 BBC funding freeze has ‘serious consequences’ for Welsh public broadcasting Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake condemned the Government’s move.