Arts and culture outside London to receive funding in Levelling Up White Paper
The Government has unveiled plans to plough funding into arts and culture outside of the capital.
Ahead of the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper, which is due to be published this week, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said more than 100 places outside of London will benefit from extra cash from 2023.
Arts Council England will identify the locations and DCMS said 100% of the additional funding for the group agreed in the recent Spending Review will go to supporting culture and creativity outside of London.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on a recent visit to Wade Ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent (Jacob King/PA)
Places such as Stoke-on-Trent, Barnsley, Rochdale and Wigan may end up being given further support under the plans.
DCMS told the PA news agency the amount of additional funding going to areas outside of London would be