Areas outside London to receive £75m to level up access to arts

Venues such as the Curve theatre in Leicester are set to gain a higher proportion of arts funding. Photograph: Alex Hannam/EMPICS Entertainment

Communities outside London have been placed on a priority list for cultural funding as part of a £75m government plan to level up access to the arts.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced on Wednesday that it would redistribute new Arts Council England (ACE) funding to more than 100 locations outside the capital over the next three years.