Margaret Hodge It will oversee a review into regional inequality in the arts after the culture secretary described some areas of Britain as having “cultural merit”.
Sky News first reported it a week ago that Hodge, who was named last week as the government’s anti-corruption championit would come from the review of the Arts Council of England, which was first announced by the Conservative Government and Mary Archer to preside but soon after labor won the general election.
Secretary of Culture; Lisa NandyHe said the review would be the first in a journey to “restore the link with arts and culture in any country”.
Nandy said: “Regardless of your background or the place you live, we can all experience things like dance, theatre, music, museums”, even borrowing a book from the library.
“For too long, how few in selected parts of the country have been privileged to have access to quality skills or to believe in a career in them.
The original review weighed in on whether the body could find a 5% cost savings, while also considering “Ambition and quality” of money is outstanding.
Hodge’s review focuses on the lack of skills and opportunities in some of the regions of the country that Nandy described. “desert culture”.
“He will see whether the Council is actually delivering through the Arts, or whether it needs to change its way of working, and whether it needs to be withdrawn,” Nandy said at a select hearing for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport last week.
He added that he had told the Council of the Arts that he had just been around national portfolio organization The funding should “work much more with local organizations so that those that are already in the communities can be founded, they can grow and expand.”
Nandy has discussed the importance of a diverse cultural sector several times since his surprise appointment, which was held after Thangam Debbonaire, who had been the shadow culture secretary, was defeated in the general election.
Last week, the Guardian said that The British TV industry must diversify to survivewith only 8% of the workers in the area originating from the working class of workers, and promises to receive some national art collection of 15,000 coins “from the foundation and in the communities”.
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He also said that the Conservatives “Violent Indifference” the poor were getting access to the skills that were in communities across the country.
Hodge said: “I am thrilled to be asked to lead the review of the Arts Council. I would like to contribute great skills to all of us as individuals, communities and the economy.
“I look forward to joining the Arts Council and a wide range of stakeholders across the country as we look at the challenges and opportunities of the Arts Council.”
Hodge will be supported by a yet-to-be-confirmed advisory board, while the government has extended Nicolas Serota’s tenure as chair of the council for 18 months to maintain “firmness” in the review process.