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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Arts Council England must change or face ‘disaster’, culture department is told

An actor on stage dressed as a soldier with two life-sized puppets of horses and a puppeteer
Rehearsals for War Horse in 2007. One proposal in the report on ACE was for funded productions that went on to commercial success to return money to ACE. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Arts Council England requires a “radical” overhaul so it can to respond to the challenges of the culture sector, according to Margaret Hodge, who said it would be a “disaster” if ACE leaders did not heed her warnings.

The Labour peer, who led a wide-ranging and critical report into ACE, made the comments at a Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, where she reiterated her calls for the organisation to embrace change.

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