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The English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill will shape local powers for a generation BUT culture, creativity & heritage are barely mentioned.
@culturecommons have submitted evidence + amendments to change that
Find out more here: culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
@culturecommons have submitted evidence + amendments to change that
Find out more here: culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill will shape local powers for a generation BUT culture, creativity & heritage are barely mentioned.
@culturecommons have submitted evidence + amendments to change that
Find out more here: culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
@culturecommons have submitted evidence + amendments to change that
Find out more here: culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
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Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
‘To make sure the arts count’ the EBacc and Progress 8 accountability measures must go.
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘To make sure the arts count’ the EBacc and Progress 8 accountability measures must go.
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"Drama instigates debate and changes lives. When civic life is under assault – theatres can play a vital role in restoring it" - Dan Hutton - Freelance director, theatre-maker, dramaturg and facilitator
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Drama instigates debate and changes lives. When civic life is under assault – theatres can play a vital role in restoring it" - Dan Hutton - Freelance director, theatre-maker, dramaturg and facilitator
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts
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By our chair @suewilson91.bsky.social
It was my pleasure to join the Thank EU for the Music team handing out EU flags at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall
While the small, peaceful, friendly flag-waving efforts received no attention, the world’s media were out in force for Tommy Robinson’s hate rally
It was my pleasure to join the Thank EU for the Music team handing out EU flags at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall
While the small, peaceful, friendly flag-waving efforts received no attention, the world’s media were out in force for Tommy Robinson’s hate rally
What’s in a flag?
EU flags lit up the Proms as far-right riots marred Westminster – two visions of Britain, one of unity, the other of hate
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
By our chair @suewilson91.bsky.social
It was my pleasure to join the Thank EU for the Music team handing out EU flags at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall
While the small, peaceful, friendly flag-waving efforts received no attention, the world’s media were out in force for Tommy Robinson’s hate rally
It was my pleasure to join the Thank EU for the Music team handing out EU flags at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall
While the small, peaceful, friendly flag-waving efforts received no attention, the world’s media were out in force for Tommy Robinson’s hate rally
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A migration expert has revealed how Brexit is making the small boats crisis worse...
Peter Walsh, Oxford Migration Observatory, said leaving the European Union – which Farage campaigned for – has played a major role in creating the problem.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/migrat...
Peter Walsh, Oxford Migration Observatory, said leaving the European Union – which Farage campaigned for – has played a major role in creating the problem.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/migrat...
Migration Expert Reveals How Brexit Has Made The Small Boats Crisis Worse
Leaving the EU has made it harder to remove asylum seekers from the UK.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A migration expert has revealed how Brexit is making the small boats crisis worse...
Peter Walsh, Oxford Migration Observatory, said leaving the European Union – which Farage campaigned for – has played a major role in creating the problem.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/migrat...
Peter Walsh, Oxford Migration Observatory, said leaving the European Union – which Farage campaigned for – has played a major role in creating the problem.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/migrat...
Clear we need agent of change principle in law not just in Scotland but rest of UK, a necessary protection for longstanding music venues threatened by redevelopment and noise complaints. My speech hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0... @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social @ukmusic.bsky.social
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Planning and Infrastructure Bill' on Thursday 4 September 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
September 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Clear we need agent of change principle in law not just in Scotland but rest of UK, a necessary protection for longstanding music venues threatened by redevelopment and noise complaints. My speech hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0... @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social @ukmusic.bsky.social
The small boat crossings won’t cease until we rejoin the EU, properly apply the Dublin Regulation and enable a legal route for asylum seekers. Crucially this would stop all the deaths for which we are morally responsible.
September 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The small boat crossings won’t cease until we rejoin the EU, properly apply the Dublin Regulation and enable a legal route for asylum seekers. Crucially this would stop all the deaths for which we are morally responsible.
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Journalists questioning Nigel Farage should be pointing out Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings. How hard can this be?
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Journalists questioning Nigel Farage should be pointing out Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings. How hard can this be?
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
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Workplace conflict is costing the UK’s creative industries £1.8bn a year and freelancers are hit hardest. CIISA’s new report exposes the economic toll and calls for urgent action. Read it here: ciisa.org.uk/uncategorize...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #CIISA #UKArts #Theatre #Film #TV
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #CIISA #UKArts #Theatre #Film #TV
New report exposes hidden £1.8 billion economic toll of workplace conflict in uk’s creative industries – Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority
Tuesday 10 June 2025, London, UK: A new report commissioned by the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) reveals that workplace conflict costs the UK’s creative industries a…
ciisa.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Workplace conflict is costing the UK’s creative industries £1.8bn a year and freelancers are hit hardest. CIISA’s new report exposes the economic toll and calls for urgent action. Read it here: ciisa.org.uk/uncategorize...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #CIISA #UKArts #Theatre #Film #TV
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #CIISA #UKArts #Theatre #Film #TV
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August 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Only 29% would back Brexit now
August 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Only 29% would back Brexit now
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This is so important especially for craftspeople who may be freelance and/or sole traders and/or self employed. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
My amendment in Employment Rights Bill arguing for a freelance commissioner to look at everything from construction workers to IT and creative industries. This amendment would have given such a commissioner real powers to effect change. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0...
Employment Rights Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Employment Rights Bill' on Wednesday 23 July 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
July 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is so important especially for craftspeople who may be freelance and/or sole traders and/or self employed. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
My amendment in Employment Rights Bill arguing for a freelance commissioner to look at everything from construction workers to IT and creative industries. This amendment would have given such a commissioner real powers to effect change. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0...
Employment Rights Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Employment Rights Bill' on Wednesday 23 July 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
July 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My amendment in Employment Rights Bill arguing for a freelance commissioner to look at everything from construction workers to IT and creative industries. This amendment would have given such a commissioner real powers to effect change. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0...
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"With their vastly different temperaments, the two artists don’t sit well in the same space. But does that matter? The more you look, the more you see the similarities"
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh' | @royalacademy.bsky.social #AnselmKiefer #VanGogh
bit.ly/3TU8zOo
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh' | @royalacademy.bsky.social #AnselmKiefer #VanGogh
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'They are both visionaries': Lord Clancarty reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh'
With some choice paintings on display, discover the similarities between the work of these two visionary artists, otherwise so different in tempera...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"With their vastly different temperaments, the two artists don’t sit well in the same space. But does that matter? The more you look, the more you see the similarities"
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh' | @royalacademy.bsky.social #AnselmKiefer #VanGogh
bit.ly/3TU8zOo
🎨 @nicktrench.bsky.social reviews 'Kiefer / Van Gogh' | @royalacademy.bsky.social #AnselmKiefer #VanGogh
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Imagine outrage if people seriously suggested cutting up Mona Lisa or Picasso’s Guernica into strips and sharing them out between countries. That’s what happened to Phidias’s Parthenon Sculptures, which is why what we hold at BM should go back to Athens. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0...
Parthenon Sculptures: Return - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Parthenon Sculptures: Return' on Wednesday 16 July 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
July 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Imagine outrage if people seriously suggested cutting up Mona Lisa or Picasso’s Guernica into strips and sharing them out between countries. That’s what happened to Phidias’s Parthenon Sculptures, which is why what we hold at BM should go back to Athens. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-0...
The last couple of governments have made a point of saying they’re going to make ‘hard, difficult choices’. I’m waiting for the government that’s going to make a ‘soft choice’. That’s the party I will vote for.
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The last couple of governments have made a point of saying they’re going to make ‘hard, difficult choices’. I’m waiting for the government that’s going to make a ‘soft choice’. That’s the party I will vote for.
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“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders, not to accept a deal given to us by a French President” says Nigel Farage
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders, not to accept a deal given to us by a French President” says Nigel Farage
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
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The Campaign for the Arts' analysis shows that the UK Government is planning to spend well over a third less per citizen on the Department for Culture, Media & Sport by 2029 compared with 2010. 👇
www.campaignforthearts.org/news/what-di...
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www.campaignforthearts.org/news/what-di...
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What did the 2025 Spending Review mean for the arts? | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor has made choices in this Spending Review that will affect the health of the arts for the next three years and beyond.
www.campaignforthearts.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Campaign for the Arts' analysis shows that the UK Government is planning to spend well over a third less per citizen on the Department for Culture, Media & Sport by 2029 compared with 2010. 👇
www.campaignforthearts.org/news/what-di...
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www.campaignforthearts.org/news/what-di...
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The Earl of Clancarty, who asked today's question of the Government, called for a more detailed and focussed plan for the arts.
He said public arts funding via DCMS and the Arts Council underpins the commercial success of our creative industries.
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He said public arts funding via DCMS and the Arts Council underpins the commercial success of our creative industries.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Earl of Clancarty, who asked today's question of the Government, called for a more detailed and focussed plan for the arts.
He said public arts funding via DCMS and the Arts Council underpins the commercial success of our creative industries.
(5/6)
He said public arts funding via DCMS and the Arts Council underpins the commercial success of our creative industries.
(5/6)
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Today in the House of Lords, the Government was asked "what assessment they have made of the value of the subsidised arts sector".
Baroness Twycross said the Government "strongly believes in the benefits of publicly funded arts".
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Baroness Twycross said the Government "strongly believes in the benefits of publicly funded arts".
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June 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today in the House of Lords, the Government was asked "what assessment they have made of the value of the subsidised arts sector".
Baroness Twycross said the Government "strongly believes in the benefits of publicly funded arts".
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Baroness Twycross said the Government "strongly believes in the benefits of publicly funded arts".
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There's an easier way to fix this - rejoin the single market, reinstate our lost trade with Europe. This would require courage to deconstruct the falsehoods peddled about Europe by the far right. #labour #welfarebill
news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Chancellor 'under huge pressure' after major welfare U-turn wipes out savings
The government has offered Labour rebels a further concession on welfare cuts just hours before MPs are set to vote on the controversial proposals. Watch and follow the debate on the legislation live.
news.sky.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There's an easier way to fix this - rejoin the single market, reinstate our lost trade with Europe. This would require courage to deconstruct the falsehoods peddled about Europe by the far right. #labour #welfarebill
news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com/story/politi...
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11/ The 19th May “reset” UKEU Summit in London must not fail to unlock creative touring and the creative economy. That would be a failure for all of us.
May 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
11/ The 19th May “reset” UKEU Summit in London must not fail to unlock creative touring and the creative economy. That would be a failure for all of us.
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The Court of Appeal ruled on 2 May anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
The Government has still not confirmed if it will accept the judgement & scrap these unlawful regulations which they opposed in opposition
Why the delay?
The Government has still not confirmed if it will accept the judgement & scrap these unlawful regulations which they opposed in opposition
Why the delay?
🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
🚨BREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
May 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Court of Appeal ruled on 2 May anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
The Government has still not confirmed if it will accept the judgement & scrap these unlawful regulations which they opposed in opposition
Why the delay?
The Government has still not confirmed if it will accept the judgement & scrap these unlawful regulations which they opposed in opposition
Why the delay?