I've decided to leave this platform and my Department will too.
A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate.
It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don鈥檛 want to support it.
Proud Wiganer, Labour MP for Wigan 鉂わ笍 馃崚馃挋 and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Wigan
Joined December 2009
- Fantastic to catch up with one of our greatest Olympians, Dame Kelly Holmes We talked about the work this Government is doing to drive a decade of change in women鈥檚 sport and improve access to grassroots facilities for women and girls.
- Great to speak to Jenny and the @BBCNewsround team. Young people have questions about plans to ban social media for under-16s. That鈥檚 why we鈥檙e not just talking about restrictions, we鈥檙e investing 拢132m so every young person has somewhere to go and something to do.
- Keir Starmer took the Labour Party from our worst election defeat in nearly a century into government, where we have started to rebuild our public services, invest in our communities and open up opportunities for a generation again.
- We don鈥檛 need anymore hate, anger or division in our politics or in our borough. Let鈥檚 stick together and change our country.

