{"id":123377,"date":"2024-03-08T09:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/lucy-frazer-talks-indie-film-relief-gb-news-ofcom-bbc-impartiality\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T09:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:35:24","slug":"lucy-frazer-talks-indie-film-relief-gb-news-ofcom-bbc-impartiality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/lucy-frazer-talks-indie-film-relief-gb-news-ofcom-bbc-impartiality\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Frazer Talks Indie Film Relief, GB News, Ofcom & BBC Impartiality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>UK Culture Secretary<\/a> Lucy Frazer<\/a> has stated the 40% indie movie tax reduction will carry stability to a film sector that has swung too far in the direction of big-budget fare lately. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Conservatives unveiled the reduction yesterday<\/a> on movies beneath \u00a315M ($19M) price range, which was celebrated as a \u201cgame-changer\u201d by figures ranging<\/a> from Christopher Nolan to Ridley Scott to Gurinder Chadha. <\/p>\n

\n\tFrazer stated the newest set of tax reliefs introduced in by the federal government, which it predicts shall be price \u00a31B in extra reduction over the subsequent 5 years, are the \u201ccontinuation\u201d of a decade\u2019s price of labor and can stage the taking part in area between big-budget U.S. films like Barbie <\/em>that filmed within the UK and smaller indie fare.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re supporting big productions and big international films on British soil but we need to do both and help indie films as well,\u201d she stated, as she sat down with Deadline on the National Theatre in London. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve listened to the sector,\u201d Frazer added. \u201cIt became really clear that although people of course want to make films here, what matters is the bottom line. So that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done \u2013 as a government we have made the bottom line better for production companies up and down the country.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tFrazer rejected the notion that overseas filmmakers will now flock to the UK to make cheaper movies as a result of reduction and stated the overwhelming majority of her consulting has been with British commerce physique Pact<\/a>, the BFI<\/a> and main native indie producers. Pact has been calling for the indie movie reduction<\/a> for seven years, the physique has stated.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe did roundtables with small British independent filmmakers and what I heard was that people wanted to make films here but couldn\u2019t make it work on the bottom line,\u201d added Frazer. \u201cThey were going to Turkey or Italy, and their next projects were at risk of being lost.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWith new enterprise charges reduction and a rise in VFX reduction alongside the indie movie measures, Frazer burdened that there was additionally lots in yesterday\u2019s price range for the larger films.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe is bullish a few sector that she says has \u201csignificantly doubled in size\u201d over the previous decade, for the reason that profitable movie and high-end TV tax credit score was first launched.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBooming\u201d sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tFrazer was criticized final month<\/a> by broadcasting union Bectu boss Philippa Childs for calling the sector \u201cbooming\u201d when round two-thirds of freelancers are at present out of labor.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe stated she \u201crecognizes the challenges\u201d confronted by the freelance workforce, including that tax reliefs are the most effective weapons at her disposal.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI can help turbocharge the industry to generate productions by creating tax reliefs that allow people to invest more here,\u201d she added. \u201cSo what we\u2019ve done is create a framework to improve the job prospects of freelancers by allowing huge amounts of investment to come in via tax reliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFurthermore, Frazer famous that she is \u201cworking with industry on measures to improve the lives of freelancers.\u201d She cited Creative UK\u2019s report on discrimination of the self-employed workforce and work being undertaken with the federal government\u2019s innovation division analyzing how staff rights could be protected against the risks of generative AI.<\/p>\n

\n\tToothless regulator?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDan Wootton (left) and Laurence Fox<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tFrazer has been in submit for simply over a 12 months and has a large remit that comes with all TV networks, the media and sport. <\/p>\n

\n\tShe was chatting with Deadline within the week that right-leaning community GB News<\/a> was rapped as soon as once more<\/a> by Ofcom<\/a> for \u201cunambiguously misogynistic\u201d remarks made by actor Laurence Fox on air, which was the catalyst for the resignation of controversial presenter Dan Wootton.<\/p>\n

\n\tOfcom has opened greater than a dozen investigations into GB News over the previous 12 months \u2013 various which concern politicians from Frazer\u2019s personal social gathering internet hosting information programs- however she rejected the notion that the regulator wants extra energy. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI saw Ofcom a couple of weeks ago and they didn\u2019t ask for any more power,\u201d she revealed to us. \u201cI am pleased GB News has chosen to be regulated by Ofcom and obviously it is [Ofcom\u2019s] job now to carry out that job of regulation, which it does across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFrazer was additionally closely concerned along with her Culture, Media & Sport division\u2019s mid-term assessment<\/a> into the BBC<\/a>, which concluded, amongst different issues, that the company requires a \u201cdiversity of thought and opinion to be better reflected in its decision-making.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tNew BBC Chair Samir Shah touched on this<\/a> in his first all-staff e mail earlier this week when urging a range of sophistication and thought within the BBC\u2019s information protection, and Frazer stated the BBC is taking this duty \u201cvery seriously.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn areas reminiscent of its Israel-Hamas battle protection, which has are available for some criticism over the previous month, she burdened that the BBC has an \u201cadditional responsibility to make sure its coverage is accurate\u201d resulting from its \u201cunusual funding model\u201d and place as a \u201cbeacon of our national values.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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