The DCMS - The DCMS (department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) is a government department that tries to increase Britain's economic growth through attaining public interest and participation in nationwide art and culture events and heritage sites, with a big lean towards increasing tourism to those areas. They're also in charge of connecting their encompassed sectors to parliament and the wider government to tackle social and political issues head on.
Current DCMS Activities and proposals - The DCMS puts out an annual Outcome Delivery Plan, formally the Single Departmental Plan, which outlines where they are prioritising their work. One of their current proposals is to try and ensure all areas of the UK no matter how rural gets access to 4G and gigabit broadband speeds, while another is the newly instated UK Global Screen Fund which aims to provide £7m to funding, distribution and international promotion mainly for British Independent Film. In current activity, on November 16th 2021 (yesterday at the time of writing) the DCMS held a parliamentary hearing for former Yorkshire Cricket player Azeem Rafiq who along with supporting witnesses has exposed a deep rooted culture of racism in the British cricket scene.
References:
UK government - DCMS about us; DCMS Outcome Delivery Plan 2021-2022
SportBible -Azeem Rafiq DCMS Hearing
BBC - Azeem Rafiq
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