A further 291 culture jobs for young unemployed people have been created in London and Essex. This is part of the second tranche in the Government’s scheme to create 120,000 new jobs, including 5,000 in the culture sector. Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw announced 223 jobs which are being co-ordinated by The New Deal of the Mind. These comprise 167 design, marketing, press and fundraising posts across 14 London boroughs, and 56 community craft workers, marketing assistants and arts programme workers at the disability-led company Theatre Resources in Ongar, Essex. In central London, the Culture Quarter Programme, led by the Royal Opera House with partners including English National Opera, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the V&A Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, has created 68 jobs, including posts in conservation, administration and education. The new jobs must conform to minimum criteria set out by the Department for Work and Pensions. They must be for at least 25 hours per week, last at least six months and pay at least the National Minimum Wage.