Lisa Nandy: “They need things to change, they voted for that change two years ago, they've sent us a clear message that they want…”

Nandy has opened the door to intervention. She must walk through it, for the sake of everyone who makes UK television and film – and everyone who watches it.

We have a new defence secretary who served on the frontline himself and has been an outstanding security minister, and I know he wouldn’t have taken the job unless he felt that we could meet this moment, and we are working together…

The job of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport goes further: to determine whether the merger is in the public interest. It most certainly is not.

The national lottery is played by millions of people every single week. It is not just public money, it is literally the public’s money and they must be in the driving seat of how it is spent.