Today @KevinBrennanMP, MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl & @EstherMcVey1 delivered a letter to the Prime Minister asking him to support the #BrennanBill.

The Bill aims to #FixStreaming and make the UK the best place in the world to be a musician or music creator… Photo of Naomi, Kevin and Esther outside Number 10 Downing S
Support for the #BrennanBill is growing and bridges party divides, with MPs on all sides of Parliament expressing their approval.

Many joined us at a photocall in support of the Bill to #FixStreaming. Find out if your MP was one of them 👇

musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mps-join-…
The #BrennanBill introduces a right to equitable remuneration for performers. This would mean a guaranteed income stream for all musicians whose performances appear on streamed tracks. It's a key ask of the #FixStreaming campaign...
The #BrennanBill also includes measures that other countries already have in place to protect musicians and music creators from bad contracts, unfair payments, and a lack of transparency...
Our collective call to #FixStreaming has already won a @CommonsDCMS inquiry into the economics of music streaming, and a referral to @CMAgovUK.

Government's response makes it clear they are listening.

The #BrennanBill gives them an opportunity to act now...
Find out more, and ask your MP to vote for the #BrennanBill tomorrow morning

👉 bit.ly/31jT8ak

Together we can #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive!

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3 Dec
This is MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl taking over @WeAreTheMU for live commentary and analysis on the #BrennanBill debate starting shortly. #FixStreaming #BrokenRecord
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Thanks to cross-party MPs who have expressed support for the #BrennanBill and understand why we must #FixStreaming and get a fairer deal for musicians & music creators. We held an event in the House of Commons last night to promote the Bill which was very well attended.- NP
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As the Musicians' Union, with 32,000 members, we have been campaigning for the #MusiciansPassport to make sure #musicians and #crew can keep #WorkingInTheEU without extra cost and admin.

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Earlier this year, songwriters, composers and performers started sharing how little they got from streaming – while big music companies raked in billions #BrokenRecord...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

.@IvorsAcademy and the Musicians’ Union started campaigning for a Government review - and over 17,000 of you backed the call...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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Press picked it up, including @pitchfork, @WiredUK and @bbc5live. They’re still going - catch up with @MrTomGray and MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl speaking to @Ed_Miliband and @GeoffLloyd on @CheerfulPodcast...

#FixStreaming #KeepMusicAlive

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Miss @fionabevan, @sowetokinch and legend @nilerodgers giving evidence at the @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry today?

Check out the highlights & analysis from MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl 👇
It's time to #FixStreaming and #KeepMusicAlive!

Catch up with part two of today's @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry highlights & analysis from MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl 👇

“It just needs some parity and fairness in the system"

Catch up with what @MrTomGray, @Guy_Garvey, @nadineshah and @EOBOfficial had to say in the first @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreaingInquiry session

👉 musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-f…

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Really great that the #MusicStreamingInquiry is hearing how fair remuneration for musicians from streaming could work in practice - NP
A final question in the first session on the impact of Brexit on music. Maria Forte says "Brexit is bad for musicians if there's no deal and if there's a deal then who knows". @kwamekwaten agrees: "as there is currently no deal I can only see it being bad". #WorkingintheEU
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This is MU Deputy General Secretary @NaomiPohl! I am taking over @WeAreTheMU for the next few hours for a @CommonsDCMS #MusicStreamingInquiry tweetalong. Sessions start at 10am. This is why it matters: musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… #FixStreaming
Catch up with some of the highlights from the first #MusicStreamingInquiry sessions looking at creators’ experiences musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… as well as Equitable Remuneration & transparency musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020… #FixStreaming - NP
Today we will hear from @nilerodgers @sowetokinch & @fionabevan about why the song should receive more than 10-15% of streaming revenue and how the economics of music streaming aren't working for many musicians. We can #fixstreaming! - NP
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