the queen has pulled out of tuesday s state opening of parliament in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government s legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. i m a big dog. yo, baby, you don t have to put your top back on. lwas w. he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj, tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 w
this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj, tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 when we discussed it on the media show. it was billed as the uk s answer to keeping companies like facebook and google in check. but the ft reports that this year s queen s speech won t give the team the legislative powers they need to flex their muscles. with me are philip marsden, one of the treasury s original architects of the digital markets unit, also professor at the college of europe. margotjames is a former digital minis
i was 17. he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 when we discussed it on the media show. it was billed as the uk s answer to keeping companies like facebook and google in check. but the ft reports that this year s queen s speech won t give the team the legislative powers they need to flex their muscles. with me are philip marsden, one of the treasury s original architects of the digital markets unit, also profe
about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 when we discussed it on the media show. it was billed as the uk s answer to keeping companies like facebook and google in check. but the ft reports that this year s queen s speech won t give the team the legislative powers they need to flex their muscles. with me are philip marsden, one of the treasury s original architects of the digital markets unit, also professor at the college of europe. margotjames is a former digital minister at the dcms, and kate beioley is the financial times s legal correspondent. and, kate, you broke the story, but before we get into that, what is the digital markets unit and why do
about the culture of political reporting at westminster. the other is this. i m a big dog. yo, baby, you don t have to put your top back on. i was 17. he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 when we discussed it on the media show. it was billed as the uk s answer to keeping companies like facebook and google in check. but the ft reports that this year s queen s speech won t give the team the legislative