With a general election on the horizon, Andrew Stewart reflects on a decade of Conservative arts policy and the challenges awaiting the next Culture Secretary.
Rampant inequality, public services slashed to the bone, health and social care in crisis, bankrupt local authorities and a treacherous mountain of national debt stand high on the present government’s list of headline achievements. The Tory Party’s threadbare economic legacy is set to bedevil whoever wins the next election.
An incoming Labour administration would face profound challenges on the home front, including those rooted in the failed experiment of austerity, and geopolitical threats not seen for a generation. At some point, however, it would need to address the matter of ‘Bread and Roses’, the need to feed the soul as well as the body...Keep reading on Musicians Union.
Rampant inequality, public services slashed to the bone, health and social care in crisis, bankrupt local authorities and a treacherous mountain of national debt stand high on the present government’s list of headline achievements. The Tory Party’s threadbare economic legacy is set to bedevil whoever wins the next election.
An incoming Labour administration would face profound challenges on the home front, including those rooted in the failed experiment of austerity, and geopolitical threats not seen for a generation. At some point, however, it would need to address the matter of ‘Bread and Roses’, the need to feed the soul as well as the body...Keep reading on Musicians Union.