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Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government’s drive for economic growth, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said as she promised to “bulldoze” barriers that hold back potential. Nandy gave a speech in Gateshead where she vowed to “turbocharge” the nation’s creative industries, whether film, television, music, fashion, theatre or video games. Nandy said creative industry bosses told her time and again about skills shortages stemming from a lack of investment and the downgrading of arts subjects on the school curriculum.
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