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Arts Council England seeks £40,000 from Speech Debelle and legal team after tribunal loss
Council pursues legal costs after judges ruled musician Debelle did not face racial discrimination while working for it
She rose to prominence after unexpectedly winning the Mercury prize in 2009 for her album Speech Therapy, beating the likes of Kasabian, the Horrors and Florence + the Machine. She also helped curate the Strength and Vulnerability Bunker branch of the Koestler Trust prisoners’ arts programme at the Southbank Centre before joining ACE in 2017. ACE has had a difficult start to 2024 after it was forced to amend “reputational risk” guidance it released in January that suggested “overtly political or activist” work could break funding agreements.
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