Labour re-emphasises its commitment to the creative industries

Labour has re-packaged its manifesto commitments as a ‘Charter for Culture and the Creative Industries’, with a focus on creative education and smoothing pathways into jobs in the creative industries. Identifying the sector as the “powerhouse for our future prosperity,” Shadow Minister for the Arts, Chris Bryant, has pledged to “deliver the infrastructure and the support the creative industries need to succeed”.

Key to the 20-point charter is a guaranteed universal entitlement to a creative education for every child, capping unpaid internships to four weeks and ensuring there are properly accredited apprenticeships in the creative industries. Labour also references the “urgent need to rebalance” public spending on the arts across the whole country, and commits to maintaining the DCMS, universal free admission to national museums and galleries, and “a strong BBC”, funded by the licence fee.