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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/24695/sion-simon-appointed-as-minister-for-creative"&gt;thestage.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sion Simon, formerly minister for further education, has been appointed as the new minister for the creative industries at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It follows the departure of Andy Burnham and appointment of Ben Bradshaw as the DCMS&#8217;s new secretary of state. &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/24695/sion-simon-appointed-as-minister-for-creative"&gt;Read the full story at thestage.co.uk &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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  <title>Sion Simon appointed as minister for creative industries</title>
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