Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government's drive for economic growth, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said as she promised to "bulldoze" barriers that hold back potential. Nandy gave a speech in Gateshead where she vowed to "turbocharge" the nation's creative ind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM on January 17, 2025