August 28, 2020
12 Organisations write to DCMS about Creators Council
Following on from earlier communications, a joint letter has been sent from twelve creator organisations urging the Government to establish a "Creators Council".
July 23, 2020
DCMS Select Committee Calls for Creators Council
As part of its ongoing inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has released its Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report.
June 18, 2020
Joint Select Committee Submission on the Creative Sector
Joint Submission from ALCS, BECS, DACS, Directors UK, Equity, MU, RSL, SoA and WGGB to DCMS Select Committee
May 1, 2020
HM Treasury plans to scrap VAT on e-publications
HM Treasury has announced that plans to scrap VAT on e-publications such as e-books have been fast-tracked and will come into force tomorrow. In the Report of the Writers Group Inquiry into Authors' Earnings a call was made for the...
April 29, 2020
Chairs of All Party Writers Group and All Party Publishers Group write to DCMS Secretary of State
The Chairs of the All Party Writers Group and All Party Publishers Group have written a joint Letter to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to outline the ways in which the...
April 23, 2020
Creators organisations write to Government calling for a UK Creators Council
A joint letter from ALCS, BECS, DACS, Directors UK, Equity, the Musicians' Union, The Royal Society of Literature, the Society of Authors and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain has been sent to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP calling for...
June 17, 2019
Summer Reception and APWG Authors’ Earnings Report Launched
Writers, MPs and Lords attended the House of Commons launch of a report by the All Party Parliamentary Writers Group (APWG) which calls for immediate action to reverse a steep decline in writers’ incomes. The annual APWG Summer Reception at...
June 11, 2019
Report from the Inquiry into Authors’ Earnings
Read the report here. SUPPORTING THE WRITERS OF TOMORROW The All Party Parliamentary Writers Group today publishes a report following its 2018 Inquiry into Authors' Earnings. Supporting the Writers of Tomorrow makes a raft of recommendations to Government based on...