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| Karen Bradley to replace John Whittingdale as culture secretary | Karen Bradley to replace John Whittingdale as culture secretary |
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| Home Office minister Karen Bradley has been named as the new culture secretary in Theresa May’s first cabinet, succeeding John Whittingdale. | Home Office minister Karen Bradley has been named as the new culture secretary in Theresa May’s first cabinet, succeeding John Whittingdale. |
| Bradley, a former chartered accountant who cited Michael Howard as an early inspiration, arrived in Downing Street on Thursday to be given the new role by May in her first full day as prime minister. | |
| Related: Theresa May brings Andrea Leadsom into government as environment secretary - live | Related: Theresa May brings Andrea Leadsom into government as environment secretary - live |
| A May loyalist, Bradley lacks the extensive experience of her predecessor who spent a decade as chair of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee. | A May loyalist, Bradley lacks the extensive experience of her predecessor who spent a decade as chair of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee. |
| But Whittingdale was something of an exception in that regard, and lack of experience in the sector has rarely been seen as a barrier to previous incumbents of the post. | But Whittingdale was something of an exception in that regard, and lack of experience in the sector has rarely been seen as a barrier to previous incumbents of the post. |
| Bradley, 46, voted to remain in the European Union, telling her constituents in an open letter that the “positive, patriotic [and] passionate response” was to vote to stay within the EU. | Bradley, 46, voted to remain in the European Union, telling her constituents in an open letter that the “positive, patriotic [and] passionate response” was to vote to stay within the EU. |
| A Manchester City fan who has several times declared free tickets from the Football Association on her register of MPs’ interests, Bradley lists her hobbies in Who’s Who as “travel, wine tasting, cooking [and] puzzles”. | |
| She will be presumably have been relieved, then, that the BBC’s overhaul of its online recipe database was not quite as radical as it first appeared. | She will be presumably have been relieved, then, that the BBC’s overhaul of its online recipe database was not quite as radical as it first appeared. |
| She is also a big crime thriller fan and reads Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol every year before Christmas. | She is also a big crime thriller fan and reads Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol every year before Christmas. |
| But instances in which she tackled the big media issues of the day appeared at first sight thin on the ground. | But instances in which she tackled the big media issues of the day appeared at first sight thin on the ground. |
| The website They Work For You reported that Bradley voted for equal gay rights and same sex marriage, and for a wholly elected House of Lords. | The website They Work For You reported that Bradley voted for equal gay rights and same sex marriage, and for a wholly elected House of Lords. |
| Characterised as one of “Dave’s dolls” by the Times early on in David Cameron’s Conservative leadership, Bradley had a late conversion to politics when the company she worked for, KPMG, seconded her to advise the Tories on tax policy in 2002. | Characterised as one of “Dave’s dolls” by the Times early on in David Cameron’s Conservative leadership, Bradley had a late conversion to politics when the company she worked for, KPMG, seconded her to advise the Tories on tax policy in 2002. |
| “I was inspired by Michael Howard in particular,” she told the paper. “After seven months I went back to KPMG, but it was too late. I was hooked.” | “I was inspired by Michael Howard in particular,” she told the paper. “After seven months I went back to KPMG, but it was too late. I was hooked.” |
| She gave up her job when she started a family and unsuccessfully stood in the constituency of Manchester Withington in the 2005 general election. | She gave up her job when she started a family and unsuccessfully stood in the constituency of Manchester Withington in the 2005 general election. |
| She was elected to parliament in Staffordshire Moorlands in 2010. | She was elected to parliament in Staffordshire Moorlands in 2010. |
| Bradley, who served as Home Office minister responsible for preventing abuse and crime, is understood to have quit Twitter because of the abusive messages she received. | |
| A crime thriller fan, she has read “read every Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Frost and Rebus that’s been printed”, she once said. | A crime thriller fan, she has read “read every Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Frost and Rebus that’s been printed”, she once said. |
| “I could not get through Christmas without Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, a hard copy edition of which was a much treasured school prize. | “I could not get through Christmas without Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, a hard copy edition of which was a much treasured school prize. |
| I read it every year, starting on 20 December 20 with Marley’s Ghost, then a chapter every day until I finish on Christmas morning with the final chapter. | I read it every year, starting on 20 December 20 with Marley’s Ghost, then a chapter every day until I finish on Christmas morning with the final chapter. |
| It means that the last thing that I read on Christmas Eve is the terrifying Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, but it gets me in the mood. | It means that the last thing that I read on Christmas Eve is the terrifying Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, but it gets me in the mood. |
| Her department has a brief that ranges from broadcasting and broadband to press regulation and encouraging the next generation of British sports stars. | Her department has a brief that ranges from broadcasting and broadband to press regulation and encouraging the next generation of British sports stars. |
| Close to the top of her agenda will be finalising the BBC’s new royal charter, due to begin in 2017. | Close to the top of her agenda will be finalising the BBC’s new royal charter, due to begin in 2017. |
| It is just over a year since Whittingdale’s appointment was hailed as a “declaration of war” on the BBC by one newspaper. | It is just over a year since Whittingdale’s appointment was hailed as a “declaration of war” on the BBC by one newspaper. |
| Whittingdale oversaw a government review of the future of the BBC, which is still to be completed, and faced questions asked about his suitability to decide press regulation after revelations about his relationship with a sex worker. | Whittingdale oversaw a government review of the future of the BBC, which is still to be completed, and faced questions asked about his suitability to decide press regulation after revelations about his relationship with a sex worker. |
| But despite fears over what it would mean for the BBC, the corporation broadly welcomed the government’s white paper on its future, published in May. | But despite fears over what it would mean for the BBC, the corporation broadly welcomed the government’s white paper on its future, published in May. |
| There remains, however, the huge financial burden of paying the £700m-plus cost of free licence fees for over-75s after last year’s controversial funding settlement with the government. | There remains, however, the huge financial burden of paying the £700m-plus cost of free licence fees for over-75s after last year’s controversial funding settlement with the government. |
| After standing down from his post earlier on Thursday, Whittingdale said he wished his successor well and later posted a picture of him leaving the DCMS for the last time, flanked by a “guard of honour” of the department’s staff. | |
| Sad to be leaving @dcms I could not have asked for more fantastic team pic.twitter.com/tUAQCih1sp |