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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 11/08/2026

According to @dsonic.bsky.social over on The Other Place (h/t a civil society colleague), the DCMS ministerial briefs have been announced Steph Peacock (who shadowed data/digital infrastructure in opposition) gets GDS, not Ian Murray (who had been minister for GDS while at DSIT)

A screenshot of a tweet by Doniya Soni-Clark which reads:

Confirmed DCMS briefs!

Ian Murray MP, Minister of State

Responsible for:
• Media (including BBC Charter Review)
• Online harms and misinformation
• Creative industries
• Telecommunications, digital infrastructure and Ofcom
• International

Stephanie Peacock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Responsible for:
• Sports
• Ceremonials
• Tourism
• Office for the Impact Economy
• Government Digital Service (Digital Products & Digital Transformation)
• Place - overview of DMCS’s overall impact and presence in communities and responsibility for place based programmes including the allocation of arts funding in Arts Everywhere and Town and City of Culture.

Baroness Twycross, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Responsible for:
• Heritage, including world and living heritage
• Covid commemoration
• Appointments
• ALBs (general oversight and reform)
• Honours
• Corporate Minister

A screenshot of a tweet by Doniya Soni-Clark (continued) which reads:

Ruth Mackenzie, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Responsible for:
• Arts Council and sponsorship
• Museums and cultural property (including the museums funding in Arts Everywhere)
• Libraries

Vicky Foxcroft, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Responsible for:
• Youth
• Civil Society
• Gambling
• National Lottery
• Digital Inclusion and Skills

Baroness Lloyd, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Minister for Space, Cyber and Regulatory Reform joint with BSIT

Responsible for:
• National Cyber Security
• Government Cyber Security
• Spectrum Negotiations (with Minister Murray. POs will provide further guidance)

5:28 PM · Aug 11, 2026

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 11/08/2026

There are some... quite weird divisions there? (Splitting Govt Cyber Security off from the Govt Digital Service?) And it would be nice if ministerial briefs were published on GOV.UK - though DCMS doesn't even have its ministers (or its name changed) at the moment www.gov.uk/government/o...

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