It is the first time the PM has used No 10 North to host an overseas visit
The UK Youth Parliament is at risk of being scrapped as its funding has not been confirmed beyond March 2027, the Press Assocation reports. PA says:
Formed in 1999, the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) sees more than 300 children aged 11 to 18 democratically elected by their peers to represent young people in their area, who then debate and campaign on a variety of issues.
Once a year, they hold a debate in the House of Commons chamber.
We believe there is a case for articulating the BBC’s vital support for the creative economy more explicitly in its public purposes. However, giving the broadcaster a broad new objective to drive economic growth across the UK has few obvious benefits and clear associated risks.
The government should use the BBC charter review white paper to set out a coherent and ambitious strategy for public service media over the next decade. It must also be realistic about what can be asked of the BBC as it grapples with significant financial pressures.
We can see no obvious benefit in a specific requirement for the BBC to drive economic growth across the UK. It already makes a massive contribution to the UK’s creative economy. Including an explicit economic growth public purpose in the new charter risks both mission drift and skewing commissioning towards more generic, more exportable content.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-09-18 10:24:00
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