The UK government has announced a restructuring of the department with responsibility for gambling, with digital policy now separated from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has outlined plans for a new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and a “refocused” DCMS, which no longer features digital.
Former Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan will head the new DSIT, with Lucy Frazer her replacement at the slimmed down DCMS. Frazer is the MP for South East Cambridgeshire, a constituency that houses the July Course at Newmarket and the National Stud.
The changes come as the government is set to publish the much-awaited Gambling Act white paper.
