With austerity potentially on the horizon, arts and culture organisations must not be the victims of Liz Truss’s failed economic experiment and a misguided austerity response to it.
‘Between 2012 and 2016, the proportion of schools offering music to all students in year nine fell from 84 per cent to 67 per cent’
‘For all the progress our country has made, largely under Labour governments, there are still too many disabled people of all ages who are locked out of everyday life’
‘If progressive parties want to remove the Conservatives from power at the next election, they have to challenge their electoral dominance amongst this voter group.’
‘Too often, schools are charging young people for teaching and instrument hire that, in many cases, is necessary for the national curriculum or required to pass GCSE and A-level music’.
New polling from the charity Leonard Cheshire found that a third of disabled adults – more than 2.8 million people – had less than £50 per week to pay for food and other essentials.
Reform is needed so that more communities can participate in its success.
The private rented sector is fundamentally broken, trapping people in insecurity. It is one of the biggest challenges we face.
‘Without the required investment in services for under-5s and their families, inequalities will continue to open up from the start’
‘For disabled people, Britain is a country of many barriers. Our high streets, transport network, and housing system are inaccessible.’
