Arts Council England must remain free from interference to ensure artistic freedom, says report by Labour peer Arts Council England needs to scrap its flagship strategy, ensure that arts funding is protected from politicisation and be less bureaucratic in order to regain trust, according to a damaging report by the Labour peer Margaret Hodge. The report, which was announced a year ago, found there had been a "loss of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM on December 16, 2025