The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced its new ministerial team, after Labour was voted into power a month ago.

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It had been known already that Lisa Nandy was to lead the DCMS ministerial team as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and now the Department has confirmed the personnel who will support her…

Fiona Twycross has been confirmed as the new Minister for Gambling.

Shortly after Labour’s election win, [Stephanie ]Peacock was named as the DCMS’ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and it had been widely anticipated that she would be handed the role of Gambling Minister as well, having previously served as the Shadow Minister for Sport, Gambling and Media when the Conservative Party was in power.