UK politics live: No 10 responds to pressure and says people will be told if PM fined by police over parties
Latest updates: Downing Street had earlier refused to commit to disclosing the names of those who might be fined over lockdown parties
Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary, has unveiled a sector vision" review to be published in the summer as part of the government's commitment to levelling up. As PA Media reports, opening the Creative Coalition Festival 2022, Dorries revealed she was intending to provide close to 50m" to support creative businesses across the UK. The investment includes a 21m UK Global Screen Fund and an 18.4m extension for the creative scale up programme to support the fastest growing creative businesses across the country".
The UK's Covid-19 death toll has passed 180,000, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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