Corbyn and Watson pledge £1bn fund to support music, film and theatre
Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson have joined forces to highlight Labour’s £1bn pledge to invest in the arts…
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Watson, De Piero and Brabin vow to break down the barriers for next generation of working class cultural stars
Labour’s efforts to boost working class representation in the arts are part of the party’s long history of…
Exclusive: Watson launches devolution taskforce to look at austerity and the arts
Tom Watson has teamed up with a leading Labour local government leader to examine the impact of Brexit…
Corbyn’s pledges on the arts are almost really good
Nearly 20 years on from when Tony Blair shared drinks and jokes Noel Gallagher and Mick Hucknall at…
Corbyn: I’ll reverse cuts and deliver a “transformative vision” for British arts
Jeremy Corbyn has today pledged to spend an extra £40m a year on the arts and introduce an pupil…
Labour calls on Whittingdale to lose power over press regulation after relationship with sex worker revealed
Maria Eagle has called on John Whittingdale to “step back” from his responsibility for newspaper regulation after he admitted…
The BBC is for all of us – John Whittingdale must not get distracted from it
Since the recent publication of the Clementi review into BBC governance the Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, has been…
There are just “18 months left to save the BBC”, says shadow minister
Chris Bryant is today going to argue that there is “just 18 months left to save the BBC.” Bryant…
Labour must make the case for culture
Over the next few weeks, for those of us in politics the hard work of another five years…
When governments stop funding them, art institutions end up being used as PR tools
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not…
