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Lucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as UK culture secretary (Screen International)

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Lucy Frazer as the new culture secretary in today's (February 7) cabinet reshuffle, with Frazer taking over from ...

Unlike Donelan, a former Sky and WWE marketing exec, she has no prior experience of working in the media. The other newly-created departments are a Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and a combined Department for Business and Trade. Frazer has been the member of parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire since 2015.

Lucy Frazer takes over from Michelle Donelan as UK culture ... (Museums Association)

The shake-up by prime minister Rishi Sunak also saw the department lose its responsibility for the digital sector. Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan, who had ...

This is a challenging time for museums in England as many are struggling in light of the challenging financial outlook. Frazer practised as a barrister in commercial law before becoming an MP. Frazer has been the MP for South East Cambridgeshire since 2015.

Lucy Frazer Replaces Michelle Donelan As UK Culture Secretary (Deadline)

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also slimmed down the duties of the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS). He has removed the department's ...

Frazer has expressed little or no interest in the UK’s creative industries publicly. Ministers are planning to launch a review of the license fee, the BBC’s funding mechanism, and Frazer will oversee reforms of Channel 4, which will be allowed to make its own shows for the first time. Frazer is the 12th Culture Secretary in 13 years.

Michelle Donelan replaced as Culture Secretary in cabinet reshuffle (Wiltshire Times)

Her former digital, culture, media and sport role has lost its digital brief and will now be filled by MP for South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer, who was the ...

Kemi Badenoch, who was the international trade secretary, will be the new secretary of state for business and trade. Grant Shapps, who was the business secretary, will be the new secretary of state for energy security and net zero. The Chippenham MP is now the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology - a new department.

Lucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as Culture Secretary (Press Gazette)

The new Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer appears to have made few interventions in DCMS' policy area during her political career.

Appointed by Liz Truss and retained until now by Rishi Sunak, the most significant policy decision of Donelan’s tenure will likely be [the decision to drop the sale of Channel 4](https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/channel-4-privatisation-dropped-confirmed/). [Government confirms it will not put Channel 4 up for sale](https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/channel-4-privatisation-dropped-confirmed/)] [named](https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1622917430346493953) the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. [BBC](https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/bbc/), the [licence fee](https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/licence-fee/), Channel 4 privatisation and the Digital Markets Unit all returned either no results or only passing mentions. [host a roundtable](https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-guidance-on-dealing-with-press-for-uk-court-staff-made-public-for-first-time-to-enhance-open-justice/) with the [News Media Association](https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/news-media-association/) to invite views [on open justice](https://newsmediauk.org/blog/2018/11/15/justice-minister-chairs-roundtable-on-media-access-to-courts/) and media access to courts, saying: “As we continue to reform our courts and tribunals, it is important that we work with the media to ensure access is maintained and, where possible, enhanced.” [DCMS](https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/dcms/) from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Rishi Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle: Key statistics (Evening Standard)

Lucy Frazer is the 12th person to be appointed culture secretary in the past 13 years. Since 2010, the post has also been held by Jeremy Hunt (2010-12), ...

– The appointment of Michelle Donelan as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology means the word “technology” is in the name of a government department for the first time in more than 50 years. The second version lasted from 2008 to 2016 and was headed by the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, who included Labour’s Ed Miliband (2008-10) and Liberal Democrat Ed Davey (2012-15). The first existed from 1974 to 1992 and was run by the Secretary of State for Energy.

Lucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as UK culture minister in ... (knownews)

The UK has a new Minister of Culture. Lucy Frazer, the Minister for Leveling Up, will replace Michelle Donelan, who has been in the job for less than six.