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UK Union Bectu Calls For Urgent Summit With Gov’t Over Freelancer Crisis & Criticizes Culture Secretary For Saying Creative Industries Are “Booming”
Lucy Frazer has been urged By Bectu For TV Freelancer Summit to deal with crisis.
“Urgent and joined up action” has been demanded from the UK government by broadcasting union Bectu, which has called for an industry-wide summit and criticized the culture secretary for saying the creative industries are “booming.” “The future of our much loved and globally revered film and TV industry, and one of the UK’s economic heavyweights, depends on urgent and joined up action,” said Childs. The UK’s freelancer crisis has been positioned as being at an all-time-low, due to a combination of a hangover from the strikes, the ad recession and buyers opting for a ‘fewer bigger better’ approach.
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