Culture Secretary Sajid Javid MP today offered some remarkably strong words in favour of the UK record industry – even telling Google that if it doesn’t “step up and show willing” to tackle piracy, it risks being punished by new laws.

Former Treasury Minister Javid, who was named Culture Secretary in April, gave a keynote address this afternoon at the BPI’s AGM in London, and pulled no punches when it came to describing the Coalition Government’s intention to fight ...